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Follow Roman Holiday through the city

Follow Roman Holiday through 5 real places in Rome. Princess Ann and Joe Bradley turn monumental Rome into a sequence of intimate, walkable discoveries.

Read in this order, then plan travel between the public locations. Historical references and private properties are not visitor stops. This is a story sequence, not a timed walking itinerary.

Place and area markers · not exact camera positions

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Selected: Spanish Steps
  1. 01
    Opening frame · Enter the World

    Princess Ann and Joe Bradley turn monumental Rome into a sequence of intimate, walkable discoveries.

    FILM LOCATION

    Spanish Steps

    The Spanish Steps, Fontana della Barcaccia and Piazza di Spagna in Rome
    2pi.pl · CC BY 3.0 · Cropped location photograph

    Ann sits on the Spanish Steps, eats gelato and watches ordinary Roman life before Joe recognises her; the scene makes a grand staircase feel briefly private.

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  2. 02
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    Mouth of Truth

    Mouth of Truth in rome
    gnuckx · CC BY 3.0 · Cropped location photograph

    At Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Joe’s trick at the Mouth of Truth produces Hepburn’s famously startled reaction and the route’s clearest test of trust.

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  3. 03
    Second act · The city turns

    Move from the defining image into the wider Roman Holiday geography.

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    Trevi Fountain

    Trevi Fountain in rome
    Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The Trevi district belongs to the wandering rhythm of Ann’s escape: fountains, barbers and narrow streets replace the protocol of the embassy.

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    Pantheon

    Pantheon in rome
    jeffwarder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The Pantheon and Piazza della Rotonda keep the pair inside the dense, lived centre rather than a sequence of isolated monuments.

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  5. 05
    Afterimage · What remains

    End at Piazza Venezia, where the World continues as place, memory and living culture.

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    Piazza Venezia

    Piazza Venezia in rome
    sailko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph

    Piazza Venezia restores the scale and traffic of Rome as the holiday accelerates toward the press conference and farewell.

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