Meander west from Trevi Fountain along pedestrian Via delle Muratte, and duck a block south to this magnificent art-nouveau courtyard, hidden away on Via Marco Minghetti. Part of the 16th-century Palazzo Sciarra Colonna di Carbognano, the courtyard was remodeled and spruced up in 1890 by the wealthy Sciarra family, who added the frescoes and the iron-and-glass roof. Admire depictions of the female virtues of strength, patience, modesty and kindness alongside aristocratic Roman women in their traditional roles as wife, mother and so on.
Spot the single man in the frescoes: late Romantic writer Gabriele d'Annunzio.
