Borgo Nuovo (Rome)
Borgo Nuovo, originally known as via Alessandrina, also named via Recta or via Pontificum, was a road in the city of Rome, Italy, important for historical and architectural reasons. Built by Pope Alexander VI Borgia (r. 1492–1503) for the holy year of 1500, the road became one of the main centers of the high Renaissance in Rome. Borgo Nuovo was demolished together with the surrounding quarter in 1936–37 due to the construction of Via della Conciliazione.
| Via Alessandrina | |
The east entrance to Borgo in the 1930s. Borgo nuovo is the road to the right of the building adorned with the wall fountain (Palazzo Sauve) | |
Shown within Rome | |
| Former name(s) | Via Pontificum Via Recta |
|---|---|
| Location | Rome, Italy |
| Quarter | Borgo |
| Coordinates | 41.9025°N 12.46211°E |
| East end | Piazza Pia |
| West end | Piazza Rusticucci |
| Construction | |
| Commissioned | 20 February 1499 |
| Completion | 24 December 1499 |
| Demolished | 1936–1940 |
| Other | |
| Designer | Antonio da Sangallo the Elder Giuliano da Sangallo |
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