Trevi in Roma in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Latium, Rome, Italy — Central Italy (Tyrrhenian Coast)

Gaetano Donizetti

Photographed by James Hulse, February 28, 2024

1. Gaetano Donizetti Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Italian:
In questa casa abito Gaetano Donizetti di bergamo e vi compose il fyrioso e il torquato tasso

English Translation:
In this house lives Gaetano Donizetti from Bergamo and here he composed Il furioso e il torquato tasso

Erected 1876 by SPQR - City of Rome.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.

Location. 41° 54.026′ N, 12° 28.919′ E. Marker is in Roma, Lazio (Latium, Rome), in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale. It is in Trevi. It is at the intersection of Via delle Muratte and Via Santa Maria in Via, on the right when traveling west on Via delle Muratte. The marker is located along the upper wall of the building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Via delle Muratte 77, Roma, Lazio 00187, Italy. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

the Schengen Area,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire

and specifically also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Trevi-Pantheon Route (within shouting distance of this marker); Chiesa di Santa Maria in Trivio / Church of Santa Maria in Trivio (about 90 meters

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away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Trevi-Pantheon Route (about 90 meters away); Oratorio del SS. Crocifisso / Oratory of the Holy Crucifix (about 90 meters away); a different marker also named Trevi-Pantheon Route (about 90 meters away); Palazzo Sciarra-Colonna / Sciarra-Colonna Palace (about 90 meters away); Chiesa di Santa Rita delle Vergini / Church of Santa Rita of the Virgins (about 120 meters away); Pietro Raimondi (about 120 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roma.

Also see . . . Gaetano Donizetti. Wikipedia

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century and a probable influence on other composers such as Giuseppe Verdi. Donizetti was born in Bergamo in Lombardy. At an early age he was taken up by Simon Mayr who enrolled him with a full scholarship in a school which he had set up. There he received detailed
Photographed by James Hulse, February 28, 2024

2. Gaetano Donizetti Marker
musical training. Mayr was instrumental in obtaining a place for Donizetti at the Bologna Academy, where, at the age of 19, he wrote his first one-act opera, the comedy Il Pigmalione, which may never have been performed during his lifetime.

(Submitted on February 10, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

The view of the Gaetano Donizetti Marker along the street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, February 28, 2024

3. The view of the Gaetano Donizetti Marker along the street

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 10, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 98 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 10, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.