The virtue frescoes
Four complete walls of bright Art Nouveau painting under the glass roof.
Diego Delso โ CC BY-SA 4.0 ยท Labicanense โ CC BY 4.0 ยท Francesco Bini โ CC BY-SA 4.0 ยท Philosofia from Rome, Italy โ CC BY 2.0
Yes on weekdays, but it is not an official sight โ it is the entrance hall of an office building. Go in quietly, do not block the passage, and expect it to be shut occasionally without notice.
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A courtyard roofed in glass and iron two minutes from the Trevi Fountain, known to few despite being one of the loveliest interiors in Rome. It was built between 1885 and 1888 as a private passage for the Sciarra family palace. Its four walls are covered entirely in Art Nouveau frescoes by Giuseppe Cellini: ranks of women in nineteenth-century dress personifying female virtues โ modesty, strength, patience, charity โ in colours still bright under the glass light. The subject is oddly specific, which makes the place a document of its era's values as much as decoration. It is a working office building, not a museum. Entry is free and permitted during business hours Monday to Friday, and it may be closed at weekends and on holidays. There is no ticket desk and no attendant โ you walk in off the street. Ten minutes is enough. Add it to a Trevi route as the short stop locals know and tourists do not.
Four complete walls of bright Art Nouveau painting under the glass roof.
Iron and glass from the 1880s filling the court with soft light โ ideal for photographs without flash.
Via Marco Minghetti, near the Trevi Fountain, Rome
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