House overlooking in the Orto Botanico

Municipio I: Location and surroundings of this property

The Salesians, the Mantellate, the Discalced Carmelites, the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, all more or less holy, those who over the centuries have inhabited this part of Trastevere, made up of former monasteries transformed into women's prisons and today places of hospitality such as the International House of Women. Pilgrims crossed it to reach Peter's tomb along the characteristic L-shaped path that the "vicolo Lante alla Lungara" formed before flowing into the "via Sancta". What is now called Via San Francesco di Sales is, unlike in the past, a very little frequented road. Walking around here you meet few people, the atmosphere is magical, almost sacred. There are still intact romantic glimpses, lush hidden gardens, privileged vegetable gardens. Time, at the time marked by the tolling of the bells of the nuns in black cloaks who gave a rhythm to everyday life in prisons, from prayer to sleep, today only wakes up at noon with Garibaldi's cannon shot, a Roman tradition established by Pius IX to have a unique time signal. The services are mainly located on the other side of the river. You can easily reach the center on foot or by bicycle unless - on the Lungotevere - you want to grab a bus, a taxi or a scooter.