A fairy-tale corner of Liberty, Gothic and fantasy in Rome
Hidden in the elegant Trieste district, north east of the centre, the Quartiere Coppedè is one of the most surprising corners of Rome. Between 1913 and 1927 the Florentine architect Gino Coppedè designed a small group of palaces and villas mixing Art Nouveau, medieval, baroque, Assyrian and Gothic styles in an extravagant, theatrical fantasy.
You enter through a great arch linking two palaces, with a hanging wrought-iron chandelier, and arrive in Piazza Mincio, with the Fontana delle Rane, the Fountain of the Frogs, in which, according to legend, the Beatles bathed fully dressed after a concert in Rome in 1965. Around it stand the Villini delle Fate, the "fairy villas", decorated with frescoes, mosaics, towers and sculptures of animals, and the Palazzo del Ragno with its spider.
Tip: the quarter is small and can be seen in half an hour; it has been the set of horror films by Dario Argento. Combine it with Villa Torlonia, home of Mussolini, nearby.
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