Via Roma, Palermo

Via Roma
Monumental entrance of Via Roma from Piazza Giulio Cesare
LocationPalermo, Sicily, Italy
Coordinates38°07′08.83″N 13°21′43.85″E / 38.1191194°N 13.3621806°E / 38.1191194; 13.3621806
Construction
Construction start1894
Completion1936

Via Roma is an important street of Palermo. It represents one of the main axes of the historic centre and connect the Palermo Centrale railway station to the Teatro Politeama. Several important buildings of the city appears along the street's path. Via Roma was designed with the 1885 Master Plan of Palermo (the so-called "Piano Giarrusso")[1][2] and built between 1894 and 1936.