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The 1852 Map

Maps of Rome can be easily found everywhere, but I suggest you plan your actual or virtual tour of Rome using this 1852 map. With minor changes it shows what Rome was at the end of the XVIIth century after the completion of St Peter's and the nearby area.
Rome of the Popes is mainly located in the area between the seven hills on which Rome was originally built and the river. This is due to the destruction of the aqueducts by the Barbarians in the VIth cenntury, which forced the inhabitants to move closer to the river, although this area was unhealthy and subject to flooding. That's why the Rome of the Popes is also called the Second Rome.
If you have time explore this map and compare it with a current map to find out how many changes have occurred in these last 150 years to accomodate the Third Rome (*), the capital of Italy. A view from the Gianicolo Hill can complete your analysis of XIXth century Rome.

For a more selective approach and to find out which coats of arms you can see in the different areas the map is split in 4 sections:
Quadrant 1 - NW - St Peter's
Quadrant 2 - NE - Spanish Steps
Quadrant 3 - SW - Trastevere
Quadrant 4 - SE - St John Lateran

For a further step back see the plates of Giuseppe Vasi inc. and his 1781 Map.

(*) In world history Second Rome is Constantinople and Third Rome is Moscow. I have also a few pages on the Walls of Constantinople.