Strada Felice (Via Sistina)

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Strada Felice, now known as Via Sistina, is a straight Renaissance street in Rome designed under Pope Sixtus V to connect key basilicas and urban landmarks as part of a major city-planning project.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cleric
Renaissance urban thoroughfare
architect
cultural heritage site
historic street
pope
street
urban planner
commissionedBy Sixtus V
surface form: Pope Sixtus V
connects Piazza Barberini NERFINISHED
Strada Felice (Via Sistina) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Santa Maria Maggiore area (via continuation of Sixtine axis)

Trinità dei Monti
key basilicas in Rome
major urban landmarks in Rome
country Italy
designedUnder Sixtus V
surface form: Pope Sixtus V
followsTopography ridge line between Pincian and Quirinal hills
formsAxisWith Via XX Settembre
surface form: Strada Pia (Via XX Settembre)

Via delle Quattro Fontane
hasConstructionPeriod late 16th century
hasCurrentName Strada Felice (Via Sistina) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Via Sistina
hasHeritageStatus part of Rome’s historic center
hasHistoricalContext Counter-Reformation
surface form: Counter-Reformation Rome
hasHistoricalSignificance key element of Sixtus V’s reorganization of Rome’s street network
model of straight axial street in early modern urbanism
hasLanguage Italian
hasNotableFeature long straight perspective typical of Counter-Reformation planning
visual connection between major churches and squares
hasOrientation roughly northwest–southeast
hasShape straight
hasUrbanFunction pilgrimage connection
processional route
traffic artery
hasUrbanPlanningStyle Renaissance
isPredecessorOf modern Via Sistina alignment
isSuccessorOf Strada Felice
locatedIn Italy
Rome
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory rione Campo Marzio
surface form: Rione Campo Marzio

Rione Trevi
namedAfter Sixtus V
surface form: Pope Sixtus V
partOf Sixtine road system in Rome
Sixtus V’s urban planning program
urbanPlanner Domenico Fontana

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Domenico Fontana notableWork Strada Felice (Via Sistina)
Strada Felice (Via Sistina) hasCurrentName Strada Felice (Via Sistina) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Strada Felice
this entity surface form: Via Sistina
Strada Felice (Via Sistina) connects Strada Felice (Via Sistina) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Strada Felice
this entity surface form: Santa Maria Maggiore area (via continuation of Sixtine axis)