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

Giovanni Bovio

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, August 2, 2025

1. Giovanni Bovio Marker

Inscription. Albergava in questa casa Giovanni Bovio che attinta nella scienza della vita—la realty suprema dell'ideale ammaestrando e ammonendo—la generazione discorde romanamente vise e mori

La giovntu libera nel giorno augurale della nuova eta
XX Settembre MCMIV

[English translation of Italian text:]
Giovanni Bovio, who, drawing from the science of life—the supreme reality of the ideal, teaching and admonishing the discordant Roman generation—lived and died in this house.

Free youth on the auspicious day of the new age
September 20, 1904

Erected 1904.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. A significant historical date for this entry is September 20, 1904.

Location. 41° 53.998′ N, 12° 28.799′ E. Marker is in Roma, Lazio (Latium, Rome), in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale. It is on Via di Pietra near Via de' Burro. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Via di Pietra 89/a, Roma, Lazio 00186, 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: Albergo Cesari (here, next to this marker); Ferdinand Gregorovius (here, next to this marker); Trevi-Pantheon Route (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Trevi-Pantheon Route

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(about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Palazzo Sciarra-Colonna / Sciarra-Colonna Palace (about 90 meters away); Chiesa di San Macuto / Church of Saint Maclovio (about 120 meters away); Fratelli Biviano / The Biviano Brothers (about 120 meters away); a different marker also named Trevi-Pantheon Route (about 150 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roma.

Also see . . . Giovanni Bovio (Italian-language Wikipedia page). (Submitted on September 7, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Two markers near the entrance of Hotel Cesari image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, August 2, 2025

2. Two markers near the entrance of Hotel Cesari

The marker on the left is for Giovanni Bovio, an Italian politician from the turn of the 20th century. On the right is Ferdinand Gregorovius, a German historian known for his study of medieval Rome.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 69 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 7, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.