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Rome's Jubilee 2025 Urban Renewal: Progress Report on Piazza Renovations

architecture-design · 2026-04-26

Rome is advancing its urban renewal initiatives in preparation for Jubilee 2025, with the Holy Door set to open on December 24, 2024. By late April, only 27% of the projects had been finalized. Significant undertakings include the redesign of Piazza del Risorgimento, which will commence on May 2, 2024, by IT'S and Net studios. In the Prati area, road improvements are almost finished as part of a €31 million initiative. Mayor Gualtieri reported that nearly 60% of the 800 km of main roads have been renovated. The €15 million renovation of Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano started on April 3, 2024, while Piazza Pia, with a budget of €79.5 million, is over 40% complete. Other ongoing projects encompass Piazza dei Cinquecento, Passeggiata del Gelsomino, and the redevelopment of the Tiber riverbanks.

Key facts

  • Jubilee 2025 Holy Door opens December 24, 2024
  • Mayor Gualtieri reported 27% of works completed or underway as of late April 2024
  • Piazza del Risorgimento construction started May 2, 2024
  • Prati district road renovations part of €31 million program covering 14 km
  • Piazza San Giovanni renovation by One Works costs €15 million, started April 3, 2024
  • Piazza Pia project budget €79.5 million, over 40% complete, target December 8, 2024
  • Piazza dei Cinquecento funded with €18 million, started October 2023
  • 27 interventions on church parvis in peripheral municipalities underway

Entities

Artists

  • Leonardo Cavalli

Institutions

  • Società Giubileo 2025
  • Roma Capitale
  • Dipartimento CSIMU
  • One Works
  • Anas
  • Gruppo FS Italiane
  • FS Sistemi Urbani
  • IT'S
  • Net
  • TVK
  • Artribune
  • Anas S.p.A.
  • Grandi Stazioni
  • RFI
  • Agenzia del Demanio
  • SSABAP Roma
  • ATAC
  • Roma Servizi per la Mobilità
  • Regione Lazio
  • Zetema
  • Parco Regionale dell’Appia Antica
  • Diocesi di Roma
  • ACEA ATO 2
  • TVK SARL
  • IT’S s.r.l.
  • ARTELIA Italia S.p.A.
  • NET Engineering S.p.A.
  • Michela Rustici
  • Latitude Platform for Urban Research and Design

Locations

  • Rome
  • Italy
  • Vatican City
  • Piazza del Risorgimento
  • Prati
  • Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano
  • Piazza Pia
  • Via della Conciliazione
  • Piazza dei Cinquecento
  • Roma Termini
  • Piazza della Repubblica
  • Passeggiata del Gelsomino
  • Stazione Ferroviaria San Pietro
  • Basilica di San Pietro
  • Mercato Piazza Unità
  • Tiber river
  • Parco Shuster
  • Basilica di San Paolo fuori le mura
  • Aventino
  • Via della Piramide Cestia
  • Via Ottaviano
  • Stazione Ottaviano
  • Via Terenzio
  • Via Boezio
  • Via Ovidio
  • Via Orazio
  • Via Cicerone
  • Via Tacito
  • Via Virgilio
  • Ponte Sant'Angelo
  • Ponte Regina Margherita
  • Ponte Cestio
  • Isola Tiberina
  • Ponte Cavour
  • Ponte Garibaldi
  • Ponte dell'Industria
  • Via del Porto Fluviale
  • Via Antonio Pacinotti
  • Ostiense
  • Portuense
  • Stazione Termini
  • Via Giulia
  • Borgo Pio
  • Portico d’Ottavia
  • Via della Lungara
  • Lungotevere
  • Ponte Palatino
  • Ponte Risorgimento
  • Tor Vergata
  • Castel Sant’Angelo
  • San Pietro
  • Terme di Diocleziano
  • Giardini di Dogali
  • Palazzo Massimo
  • A1 motorway

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