Near the Trevi Fountain, a familiar name led me to another part of Rome: Palazzo Scanderbeg, at Piazza Scanderbeg 117. For an Albanian visitor, that name changes the way you look at the street.
The palazzo’s own historical account identifies it as Skanderbeg’s Roman residence in 1466. It also dates an early restoration to 1843, referring to the inscription above the entrance. Palazzo Scanderbeg’s history.
I shared the building and the nearby street because these traces of our history are easy to miss when a city offers so much to look at. Finding the name of Gjergj Kastrioti in the centre of Rome made the visit feel connected to home.
This was one of the pleasures of the journey: discovering places through the history I carry with me. A square or an inscription can turn a short stop into a reason to look more closely.
Original social post · 2026-10-10