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For some time yet, Trastevere is the fashion district. Its name comes from Latin Trans Tiberim, beyond the Tiber. The district always cultivated a particular identity which remained. Charles Duclos Wrote: "There is a class of the people of Rome which is claimed extremely higher than the others they are Transteverins. They are persuaded that they go down from the former Romans ". Historically, it was populated a long time by the Jews and the Syrians before being attached in Rome by Auguste (-44, 14) who made the 14e area of it.

 

 Vicolo del moro

 Ponte Sisto (1475)

 Ponte Sisto (1475)

 Ponte Sisto (1475)

 Santa Maria in Trastevere

The church preserved its basilical plan of XIIth century. It was founded on the ruins of the Christian basilica of IIth century, perhaps oldest of Rome. The frontage presents a mosaic of the Virgin at the Child, surrounded of holy. At the interior, the mosaics of the church are the chef-d'oeuvre of the church. One still smells the Byzantine influence, stiffness and hieratism, in these pavements which detail scenes of the Gospel. The mosaics of the lower register are of Pietro Cavallini (1250-1340). They tell in a very fine style of the scenes of the life of the Virgin. In front of the church, the marble candelabrum indicates the site of the source of oil which would have spouted out there the day of the birth of Christ.

Via Giulia

Via Giulia, thousand meters length, is one of the oldest streets of the city (it was created by the Pope Jules II at the XVI th century beginning. Parallel with the quay of the Tiber, energy of the Sisto Bridge until the Florentin' church.