Wanted in Rome
28 Jan, 2021
Piazza S. Silvestro finally gets trees almost a decade after the square s restyling.
Rome s central Piazza S. Silvestro is to have an injection of greenery after the city planted four trees in the square: two melias and two jacarandas.
The arrival of the trees, whose white, purple and fuschia blossoms should bloom in the spring, comes a decade after the piazza ceased to act as bus depot.
The new-look, pedestrianised square, designed by architect Paolo Portoghesi, was unveiled in April 2012 by the city s then mayor Gianni Alemanno.
However Romans soon lamented the absence of greenery in the piazza, particularly in the summer months when there was no shade to escape the heat.