Trajan's Market Walkway Rome

A path through history

Alexandra from Rome

""Trajan's Market Walkway" in Rome is a useful shortcut that takes you to Monti, but I use it primarily as a place to stop & soak up the ancient atmosphere."

It’s easy to miss – a narrow walkway that winds around the southern side of Trajan’s Market, taking you to Monti. It’s a useful shortcut, but I use it primarily as a place to stop, look, and soak up the atmosphere of Ancient Rome.

Of course there’s no shortage of monuments in this part of Rome, but there’s something especially evocative about this bridge through the ruins. It feels a little like standing on the deck of a ship, only instead of the sea, you’re overlooking the shattered fragments of the world’s largest shopping centre, with a medieval palace at your back. The palace is the headquarters of the Knights of Malta, wedged between Trajan’s Market and the Forum of Augustus – another spectacular archaeological site.

There are never any crowds on the walkway. Hardly anyone seems to use it, or even notice that it’s there. Sometimes it feels like my own private path into the past...

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Rome Spotter Alexandra

About me I grew up in London, studied English Literature at Oxford, and now live in Rome. I'm an English teacher and a freelance writer, writing everything from articles about Rome's history and culture to SEO content about academia and adhesives. I'm also an author. My debut novel, "In Exile", was published by Unbound in 2019. Dionysus is reborn in modern Rome and creates a new cult formed of vulnerable teenage followers. The book was inspired by specific places in Rome - Villa dei Quintili on the Appian Way, the Aventine Hill, the Tiber Island - and it's deeply personal. A...

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