Rome's Dark Side: Magliana Gang, Vatican Mysteries & Criminal History - Self-Guided Audio Tour

Highlights

• Self-Guided Smartphone Experience
• 20 Criminal History Stops
• Intriguing Themes

What's included

Itinerary

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   Campo De' Fiori

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   Campo de' Fiori – The executions of the executioner Mastro Titta. Stroll through the square where the public executions of the Papal States took place for centuries. Discover the story of the famous executioner Mastro Titta, Giordano Bruno and the spectacular justice of papal Rome.

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   Castel Sant'Angelo

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   Castel Sant'Angelo – Prisons, Torture and State Secrets. Explore the fortress that was an imperial mausoleum, papal prison and refuge for pontiffs. Between cells, torture, legendary escapes and plots, you will discover one of the most enigmatic places in the city.

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   Via Della Conciliazione

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   The Great Trials of Papal Rome. Get to the heart of papal power and learn where some of the most celebrated processes of Renaissance Rome were instructed and discussed. Among intrigues, cardinals and decisions often shrouded in mystery, this place tells the more complex side of papal justice.

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   Isola Tiberina

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   Tiber Island – Bodies in the Tiber : the Mysteries of the River of Rome. Discover the darker side of the Tiber, the scene of murders, disappearances, crime stories and unsolved mysteries that for centuries have accompanied the history of the Eternal City.

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   Stop 5

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   Largo di Torre Argentina – The Ides of March: the assassination of Julius Caesar. Discover the place where, on March 15, 44 a.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators. A journey through conspiracies, betrayals and the political crime that changed the history of Rome and the Empire forever.

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   Palazzo della Cancelleria

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   Chancellery Palace – Processes, Intrigues and Secrets of Papal Rome. Get to the heart of papal power and learn where some of the most celebrated processes of Renaissance Rome were instructed and discussed. Among intrigues, cardinals and decisions often shrouded in mystery, this place tells the more complex side of papal justice.

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   Piazza del Popolo

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   Piazza del Popolo – The Last Executions of Rome. Relive the history of the square that for centuries was the scene of public executions of the Papal States. Between revolutionaries, executioners and legends, you will discover the harshest face of Roman justice.

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   Piazza della Minerva

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   Piazza della Minerva – Inquisition, Heresy and Secret Trials. Stroll through the place where faith, justice and science intertwined. Relive the trials of the Inquisition, the story of Galileo Galilei and the challenges that changed Western thinking.

Before you go

Location