id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5197 Piazza Colonna - Wikipedia .html text/html 1721 289 73 1586; at center is the Column of Marcus Aurelius (with an earlier version of the pedestal), and to the left is the piazza's fountain.[1] The Roman Via Lata (now the Via del Corso) runs through the piazza's eastern end, from south to north. The east side is taken up by the 19th century public shopping arcade Galleria Colonna (since 2003 Galleria Alberto Sordi), the south side is taken up by the flank of Palazzo Ferrajoli, formerly the Papal post office, and the little Church of Santi Bartolomeo ed Alessandro dei Bergamaschi (1731-35). The west side is taken up by Palazzo Wedekind (1838) with a colonnade of Roman columns taken from Veii. The piazza has been a monumental open space since Antiquity; the temple of Marcus Aurelius stood on the site of Palazzo Wedekind (TCI). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piazza Colonna (Rome). ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5197.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5197.txt