ABSTRACT
Following his description of Via Giulia, Giles of Viterbo (the ‘solemnis praedicator’ of the Pope) provides an account of the activities that took place on the west bank of the Tiber River. The location of suburban villas since antiquity, the strip of land wedged between the ridge of the Janiculum Hill and the river, became the focus of urban improvements under Julius II, in particular the upgrading of Via della Lungara, which connected the Vatican to the north to Trastevere to the south.
