THE PATH STREETS FILLED WITH HISTORICAL SCENT

Running the marathon is without a doubt a big emotion, running it without leaving our own traces in a city that has an epic history is an even more big one. There is no path in the world that could narrate a city as beautiful as Rome, a time travel that can be tasted step by step. Acea Run Rome The Marathon is the occasion to meet the glories and tragedies of an empire that has changed the history of the world, a pleasant distraction that will help the runners to distract from the fatigue and multiply the emotions. They will pass by over 30 monuments and historical and cultural sites; this is the only marathon in the world that can claim such an abundance. The marathoners are not the only ones who will enjoy such a shoe: in fact, the participants of the solidary relay Run4Rome will.

PATH/3 KM

The first kilometer starts from Via dei Fori Imperiali, because of the presence of the Fori, a great political, administrative and judiciary monumental center from the Roman times, filled with citizens. The area was urbanized in the Middle Ages, but still today it narrates the history of Rome from a 10 meters depth. You look out right away on the Altare della Patria, whose decorations symbolize strength, action, sacrifice, thought and harmony. On the left, the Ara Coeli Insula, placed at the bottom of the stairway of Ara Co- eli on Via del Teatro di Marcello, a four-storey building that has been revised with the realization of a church dedicated to Santa Rita. The attention is immediately captured by Campidoglio, where the most famous anecdotes of Roma history happened, followed by Teatro Marcello, a unique ancient theatre that was used as a model to build the Colosseum in Rome. This can be all observed from the start at the first kilometer where Portuno’s Temple and Winning Ercole’s Temple appear, headquarter of the first market of Rome. Through Via dei Cerchi you will be able to admire the majesty of Circo Massimo, the chosen place for the chariot races in the Roman times, 600 meters long, 140 meters wide with a seating capacity of about 150000, outstanding numbers for another symbol of the city! Once arrived to the third kilometer the majestic Cestia Pyramid can be observed, which was then became a bastion of the Aurelian Walls.

LUNGOTEVERI 4/15 KM

The run will take place along the streets that coast the river, result of the construction post-unity walls that were buit to defend the city from the multiples and disastrous floods that had devastated the city in the past centuries. Lungotevere Aventino, where Remo and Romolo were collected from the water of River Tiberis, Lungotevere de’ Cenci, places between Isola Tiberina and Campidoglio and Lungotevere dei trabordi will follow one another. This is one of the most beautiful riversides of Rome that connects ancient architectures and naturalistic charm, with the facing Gianicolo hill and the suggestion of platans, in a sort of continuity between the modern Lungotevere and Via Giulia.

KM 16/HALF MARATHON

At the 16th kilometer there is Via della Conciliazione, born from the “small fascist” and then named after this to remember the Patti Lateranensi. On the right, on the opposite side for the entire itinerary there will be the “coridore”, the Passetto di Borgo, built to connect the Apostolic Palace with Castel Sant’Angelo, an escape for Popes when attacked. Heading for the Colonnato and the Basilica di San Pietro, an adrenaline shock with its majestic beauty, arriving to the half marathon in correspondence of of Ponte Cavour, built to connect Campo Marzio and Rione Prati.

KM 21/30

you go through the places that once were property the Olympic village, Piazzale dell’Acqua Acetosa, Via dei Campi Sportivi, Via dell’Agonistica, where Abebe Bikila, at the bottom of Arco di Costantino, wrote a new chapter of the marathon…barefoot! Beyond this point the paths goes toward northern Rome and it is the biggest praying center of Italia, the Moschea that can be host up to 12000 believers.

KM 30/FINISHING LINE

And here it is! Via del Corso! The most famous road of the city owes its name to the famous races, during carnival period, with the Berberi horses, that were forced to run sicked with pitch balls that were hit against their back. Their race was unfortunately stopped by a sort of wall composed by a hanging drape where those poor animals often impacted and died. The street is part of the Romano Trident whose peak is in Piazza del Popolo, characterized by a magnificent obelisc and two twin churches that should have been perfectly symmetrical, but that really are not, but was a place made for executions and hangings until the first half of Nineteenth Century. Proceeding to Piazza di Spagna, captured in Vacanze Romane that began the myth of the eternal city; it is amongst the places which the myth of Rome has the most powerful bond to. It is very famous due to its stairway composed by 136 steps, at whose feet lies Barcaccia Fountain. On the right of the stairway is placed the “Casina Rossa” that hosted the poet John Keats, among others. Through Piazza di Tor Sanguigna you will enter Piazza Navona, the “good” living room of the city, amongst the most famous squares of Rome thanks to its typical baroque style it has always been considered uno che most joyful historical sites of the capital. Originallly, it used to host Domiziano’s stadium that is placed about 10 m below the actual level of the street, the square took shape only in he Middle Ages, around 1400, when people started caring about the market that gained historical importance. After several urbanistic relocations Palazzo Pamphilj was realized, that today is headquarter of the Brazilian Embassy, then the Four Rivers Fountain and Chiesa di Sant’Agnese in Agone’s a Borromini.

Km 42

Arriving at Largo di Torre Argentina, on the right the Area Sacra di Largo Argentina, also known for the cat colony that lives there where Giulio Cesare was assassinated. Right in the center of the Foro Romano there are the remains of Tempio di Cesare, wanted by August. Piazza Venezia and Via dei Fori Imperiali are surpassed once again in order to reach the finishing line at the bottom of the Colosseum, symbol of Rome that has observed for over 2000 years, witness of all the upheavals of the city that survived two thousand years of history and stories almost unscathed, years that you have walked century by century in you stratospheric race!

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