{"id":861,"date":"2026-03-20T11:47:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/?page_id=861"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:50:30","slug":"piazza-gioacchino-belli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/?page_id=861","title":{"rendered":"Piazza\u00a0Gioacchino\u00a0Belli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-702.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-702.png 381w, https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-702-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Piazza Gioacchino Belli<\/strong>, a small piazza and grassy park, sits on the Trastevere side of the Tiber River near the Ponte Garibaldi. Its center focuses\u00a0around\u00a0an\u00a0interesting\u00a0monument,\u00a0a\u00a0fountain,\u00a0dedicated\u00a0to\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Belli,\u00a0one of Rome\u2019s most famous dialect poets and writer of sonnets<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>(2,279).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"178\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-703.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-863\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These\u00a0typically\u00a0paint\u00a0a\u00a0vivid\u00a0and\u00a0colorful\u00a0picture\u00a0of\u00a0Rome\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0half\u00a0of the 19th century.\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Belli\u2019s poetic language<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>has been described as humorous, satirical, vulgar, realistic, acerbic, rhythmic, and astute.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"139\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-704.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-864\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Financed by popular subscription and erected to mark the fiftieth anniversary\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0poet&#8217;s\u00a0death,\u00a0the\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">monument<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>was\u00a0created\u00a0by\u00a0Michele\u00a0Tripisciano\u00a0in 1913 and placed here because of Belli&#8217;s affection for Trastevere, reciprocated by affection of the locals for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"168\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-705.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-865\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piazza Gioacchino Belli, a small piazza and grassy park, sits on the Trastevere side of the Tiber River near the Ponte Garibaldi. Its center focuses\u00a0around\u00a0an\u00a0interesting\u00a0monument,\u00a0a\u00a0fountain,\u00a0dedicated\u00a0to\u00a0Belli,\u00a0one of Rome\u2019s most famous dialect poets and writer of sonnets\u00a0(2,279).\u00a0 These\u00a0typically\u00a0paint\u00a0a\u00a0vivid\u00a0and\u00a0colorful\u00a0picture\u00a0of\u00a0Rome\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0half\u00a0of the 19th century.\u00a0Belli\u2019s poetic language\u00a0has been described as humorous, satirical, vulgar, realistic, acerbic, rhythmic, and astute.\u00a0 Financed by popular&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-861","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}