Rome during the lockdown 2020

Rome’s majestic monuments and picturesque streets were almost empty during a government-ordered lockdown to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. Only a few cars appear to pass by, driven by those exempt from the tight rules on movement. Rome put on a new face. Churches are shuttered. No Masses are being held. A weird event in a city with so many places of worship. Even the doors to St. Peter’s Basilica are closed as well as the access to the square. I am wandering around the Italian capital with my cameras on me to record as much as I can about a unique city during a unique situation. I need to say thank you to the law enforcement, particularly Vigili di Roma Capitale and Carabinieri the two units I interacted the most while strolling around because they were very professional but at the same time very kind and understanding. In the following pictures you see Rome in its full beauty with no distractions at all as never in the life you have been able to see it. And never, in the future, possibly, you’ll ever be able to see again.

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Vittoriano in piazza Venezia

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Vittoriano in piazza Venezia

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Vittoriano in piazza Venezia

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Campidoglio with the side view over the Vittoriano or Altare della Patria facing piazza Venezia

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Altare della Patria also known as Vittoriano

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Campidoglio

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Campidoglio. Palazzo Senatorio with the Fontana della Dea roma

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Campidoglio. Palazzo Senatorio with the statue to Marcus Aurelius

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Campidoglio is lighted with the italian flag during Coronavirus lockdown

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Campidoglio is lighted with the italian flag during Coronavirus lockdown

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Campidoglio. Palazzo Senatorio with the Fontana della Dea roma

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Campidoglio and, on the op of the stairs, the Sala della Protomoteca

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza del Campidoglio

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Castel Sant’Angelo and the bridge as seen from Via del Banco di Santo Spirito in the distance

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Sant’Angelo bridge, detail of one statue

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Sant’Angelo bridge with Via del Banco di Santo Spirito in the distance

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Sant’Angelo bridge

Italy, Lazio, Rome – aerial view over Tiber river, Sant’Angelo bridge and castle and, in the distance, the Vatican, with St. Peter square

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Sant’Angelo bridge

Italy, Lazio, Rome – from Sant’Angelo castle view over the Tiber, left and in the distance, St. Peter square

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Sant’Angelo castle

Italy, Lazio, Rome – the Tiber as seen from Sant’Angelo castle and bridge

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Sant’Angelo bridge and castle

Italy, Lazio, Rome – aerial view in the early morning of the river Tiber, Sant’Angelo bridge with the castle and, in the distance, the dome of St. Peter

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Colosseo, Coliseum

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Next to the Colosseo, the Arch of Constantine

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Coliseum, Colosseo

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Coliseum, Colosseo with the Arch of Titus in the background

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Coliseum, Colosseo

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Fontana di Trevi – marble group

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Fontana di Trevi – marble group

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Fontana di Trevi – marble group

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Fontana di Trevi – marble group

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Fontana di Trevi – marble group

Italy, Lazio, Rome – aerial view of Piazza di Trevi with the Fontana di Trevi

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza di Trevi with the Fontana di Trevi

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza della Rotonda, Pantheon. Fontana del Pantheon

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza della Rotonda, Pantheon.

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Fontana del Pantheon in Piazza della Rotonda (detail)

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza del Popolo as seen from via del Babuino

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Belvedere del Pincio, Villa Borghese. The dome of the church of St. Peter, Vatican city

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza del Popolo as seen from Belvedere del Pincio

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza del Popolo

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Trinità dei Monti with Piazza di Spagna

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Trinità dei Monti with Piazza di Spagna

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Trinità dei Monti with Piazza di Spagna. In the foreground the baroque fountain called La Barcaccia by Pietro Bernini

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Trinità dei Monti with Piazza di Spagna. In the foreground the baroque fountain called La Barcaccia by Pietro Bernini

Italy, Lazio, Rome – via dei Condotti and, in the distance, Trinità dei Monti church

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza di Spagna

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza di Spagna and Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza di Spagna with the fountain of “La Barcaccia”

Italy, Lazio, Rome – aerial view over Piazza di Spagna and Trinità dei Monti. La Barcaccia fountain as seen from the sky

Italy, Lazio, Rome – aerial view over Piazza di Spagna and Trinità dei Monti.

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza Navona. Fontana del Moro

Italy, Lazio, Rome – entering piazza Navona

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza Navona. The central marble fountain is known as Fontana dei 4 fiumi or, shorter, Fontana dei Fiumi. Behind the fountain the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza Navona. The central marble fountain is known as Fontana dei 4 fiumi or, shorter, Fontana dei Fiumi. Behind the fountain the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza Navona. The central marble fountain is known as Fontana dei 4 fiumi or, shorter, Fontana dei Fiumi. Detail

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza Navona. The central marble fountain is known as Fontana dei 4 fiumi or, shorter, Fontana dei Fiumi. Detail

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza Navona as seen from via della Cuccagna

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza Navona. Fontana del Moro at dusk

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza Navona. A quick glance inside the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza Navona. Fontana del Moro

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza del Quirinale with the Palace home of the President of Republic on the left

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza del Quirinale with the Palace home of the President of Republic

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza del Quirinale. Palazzo del Quirinale, home of the President the Italian Republic

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza del Quirinale. Fontana dei Dioscuri

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza del Quirinale. Palazzo del Quirinale, home of the President the Italian Republic

Italy, Lazio, Rome – the Vatican, St. Peter Square

Italy, Lazio, Rome – the Vatican, St. Peter Square

Italy, Lazio, Rome – the Vatican, via della Conciliazione in the sunrise light

Italy, Lazio, Rome – the Vatican, St. Peter Square

Italy, Lazio, Rome – the Vatican, St. Peter Square

Italy, Lazio, Rome – the Vatican, St. Peter Square

Italy, Lazio, Rome – the Vatican, St. Peter Square

Italy, Lazio, Rome – the Vatican with the long via della Conciliazione ending in St. Peter Square

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza della Repubblica with the central Fountain of Naiadi

Italy, Lazio, Rome – walls in Viale di Porta Ardeatina

Italy, Lazio, Rome – The Theatre of Marcellus, Teatro di Marcello, is an ancient open-air theatre built in the closing years of the Roman Republic. Today its ancient edifice in the rione of Sant’Angelo, once again provides one of the city’s many popular spectacles or tourist sites. Space for the theatre was cleared by Julius Caesar, who was murdered before its construction could begin

Italy, Lazio, Rome – The Theatre of Marcellus, Teatro di Marcello, is an ancient open-air theatre built in the closing years of the Roman Republic. Today its ancient edifice in the rione of Sant’Angelo, once again provides one of the city’s many popular spectacles or tourist sites. Space for the theatre was cleared by Julius Caesar, who was murdered before its construction could begin

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piramide next to porta San Paolo

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore with Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore. In the centre of the square stands the Column of Peace. Atop it is a statue of the Virgin Mary by G.Berthelot.

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza dell’Esquilino with the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Corte di Cassazione or locally known as Palazzaccio facing ponte Umberto I

Italy, Lazio, Rome – ponte Sisto, Sisto bridge

Italy, Lazio, Rome – the Bocca della Verità in Piazza Bocca della Verità

Italy, Lazio, Rome –

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza di Pietra (Piazza of Stone – derived from use of the temple’s stones to build the piazza) with the remains of the temple of Hadrian, which have been incorporated into a later building in the Piazza di Pietra, whereby its facade, alongside the architrave which was reconstructed later on, was incorporated into a 17th-century papal palace by Carlo Fontana, now occupied by Rome’s Chamber of commerce

Italy, Lazio, Rome – via dei Pastini, near the Pantheon

Italy, Lazio, Rome – via delle Botteghe Oscure completely empty

Italy, Lazio, Rome – votive chapel between Corso del Rinascimento and via dei Canestrari

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Trastevere, a very popular area

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere with the Fontana of S. Maria in Trastevere

Italy, Lazio, Rome – piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere with the Fontana of S. Maria in Trastevere

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Trastevere, via della Paglia

Italy, Lazio, Rome – view over the square of S. Maria in Trastevere as seen from the Basilica of S. Maria in Trastevere

Italy, Lazio, Rome – Piazza San Bernardo, Fontana del Mosè. Behind that, on the left, the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria

Italy, Lazio, Rome – EUR district. Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

Italy, Lazio, Rome – EUR district

Italy, Lazio, Rome – aerial view over isola Tiberina