Quartiere I Flaminio

Flaminio sits along the ancient Via Flaminia just north of the historic centre, but its current identity is defined by 21st-century architecture rather than antiquity: Zaha Hadid's MAXXI, Italy's national museum of 21st-century art, occupies a dramatic, curving concrete building that's one of Rome's few genuinely contemporary landmarks. The neighbourhood also holds Pier Luigi Nervi's mid-century Stadio Flaminio and sits close to the Auditorium Parco della Musica and the Foro Italico sports complex across the Tiber. It's a useful counterpoint for visitors who've spent days among ruins and churches and want to see how Rome handles modern design. Villa Borghese's northern edge is within easy walking distance.