Garbatella: What to see in the most popular district of Rome

Garbatella is considered the most popular district in Rome: founded in 1920 on the model of the English Garden City, it is the youngest of the city’s historic districts and is characterised by the architectural style defined as Roman Baroque. It was created to house the workers of a nearby commercial port.

Let’s take a look at the most beautiful things to see in Garbatella.

Garbatella: Piazza Benedetto Brin

This is the most important square and represents the first residential nucleus of the district, as it was here that King Vittorio Emanuele III laid the first stone on February 18, 1920. Together with the park called “er Pincetto”, the fountain and the staircase by Plinio Marco, the centre of the square is the Art Nouveau building with an entrance arch, which houses the first lots built and flanked by gardens and small courtyards.

Via delle Sette Chiese (Seven Churches Street) in Rome

This is the most important street in Garbatella, and is so called because in mediaeval times it was the road that connected the Seven Churches of the capital, stages of the pilgrimage of the same name.

La Chiesoletta (‘The Little Church’) or Chiesa dei Santi Teodoro ed Eurosia (‘Church of Saints Theodore and Eurosia’)

Also known as the Church of Saints Theodore and Eurosia, the church was built in 1818 and became one of the stops on the pilgrimage of the Seven Churches, on the very spot where it is said that Saint Philip Neri and Saint Charles Borromeo met in 1500, as commemorated by two marble medallions placed on the external wall of the church.

The Carlotta Fountain and the Lovers’ Staircase

The fountain, located at the foot of the Lovers’ Staircase, is the most romantic place in the neighbourhood, as it was here in the post-war period that couples met to have a little privacy.

Piazza Bartolomeo Romano and the Palladium Theatre

The Palladium Theatre, the true historical and artistic centre of Garbatella, is located in the square. Its architecture is inspired by that of ancient Rome: in the past it was the neighbourhood’s cinema and theatre, and is now managed by the University of Roma Tre and offers a vast programme of theatrical performances, concerts and festivals.

La Scoletta, nursery school

The Casa dei Bambini, as it is called by the locals, has always been a nursery school and its building is a sixteenth-century villa of the papal nobility that was converted from a Roman villa of the first century AD.

Suburban Hotels

The four hotels – Albergo Rosso, Albergo Bianco, Terzo Albergo and Albergo Giallo – were built around 1928 during the Fascist period, to meet the housing shortage caused by strong demographic growth and to temporarily house families displaced from the city centre.

Piazza Giovanni di Triora

This is one of the most characteristic places in Garbatella and represents its true character: here you will find the famous wine shop of the brothers Giulio and Cesare, home of the Roma Club Garbatella, an important point of reference for Roma football fans.

Garbatella: prices per square metre for sale

If you are thinking of buying a house in Garbatella, it is good to know that the price per square metre is €4,183/m².

Garbatella, what are the rental prices per square metre?

To rent a room or a whole apartment in Garbatella, the price per square metre is €18.85/m².

The data reported in the article refer to the month of February 2025 and were processed by the experts of Immobiliare.it

Article translated by Jasmina Towers

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