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Sant'Angelo, Rome — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Sant'Angelo is the eleventh rione of Rome, a compact quarter around the Theatre of Marcellus, the Porticus Octaviae and Sant'Angelo in Pescheria.
About Sant'Angelo
Where to stay in Sant'Angelo
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The Porticus Octaviae sets the tone. Rooms in the streets between Sant'Angelo in Pescheria and Santa Caterina dei Funari put the Theatre of Marcellus, the Forum Holitorium and San Nicola in Carcere inside a few minutes on foot. Santa Maria in Campitelli anchors the other end.
The rione suits you if you want the Arch of Janus, the Temple of Portunus and San Giovanni Decollato within one walk rather than a series of separate trips.
About Sant'Angelo
What are the main landmarks in Sant'Angelo?
Antiquity is stacked close here. The Theatre of Marcellus, the Porticus Octaviae, the Temple of Portunus, the Arch of Janus and the Great Altar of Hercules all belong to the ancient city, and the Cloaca Maxima runs beneath it. Churches came afterwards, among them Sant'Angelo in Pescheria, San Nicola in Carcere, Santa Maria in Campitelli and San Carlo ai Catinari.
The Capitoline Museums stand above the rest. Circus Flaminius, the Temple of Bellona and the Sacred Area of Sant'Omobono survive only as fragments.
What is the history of Sant'Angelo?
The arms of Sant'Angelo show an angel on a red ground holding a palm branch in its left hand, and a second version gives the angel a sword in the right hand and a scale in the left. The rione is numbered eleventh. Its ground was in use long before that count began, with the Sacred Area of Sant'Omobono and the Great Altar of Hercules among the oldest cult sites recorded in it.
Municipio I covers it, and the rione took its place in the roll around 1300.
Where is Sant'Angelo?
Sant'Angelo is the eleventh rione of Rome, inside Municipio I, a small quarter holding the Theatre of Marcellus and the Cloaca Maxima. Circus Flaminius lay here.
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Updated September 2026