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Canova Tadolini

You take your coffee under the raised hoof of a plaster horse. The tables are set among the working models of four generations of sculptors.

A seated marble statue among busts and reliefs on the red walls of the Canova Tadolini studio.
Sonse, CC BY 2.0
What it is
Café in a sculptor's studio
Opened
1818, as a sculptor's studio
Area
Via del Babuino
Nearest museum
Trevi Fountain, 850 m

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    What Canova Tadolini is known for

    1. The studio

      The rooms are crowded with plaster casts, clay models, marbles and bronzes, and the tools that made them, left where the sculptors worked.

    2. Canova and Tadolini

      In January 1818 Antonio Canova signed the lease of the studio over to Adamo Tadolini, his favourite pupil. The Tadolini family went on carving here for four generations.

    3. The street

      Via del Babuino runs from the Spanish Steps to Piazza del Popolo. The studio is at the corner of Via dei Greci.

    What to know

    • A sculptor's studio from 1818 to the middle of the twentieth century
    • Counter at the front for a coffee, tables among the statues behind
    • It is a museum as much as a café: look round before you sit

    Where Canova Tadolini is

    Address

    Via del Babuino 150/A
    00187 Rome, Italy

    Nearest station

    Spagna, on line A

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

    Two centuries of sculpture, kept as it was

    The studio stayed with the Tadolini family until the 1960s. It was then taken over and restored as a museum that is also a café and restaurant, with the original colours and the models in place.

    Canova Tadolini: common questions

    Where is Canova Tadolini?
    At Via del Babuino 150/A, in the Campo Marzio district of Rome. The nearest station is Spagna, on line A.
    Which museums and sights are near Canova Tadolini?
    Trevi Fountain is 850 m away, Pantheon is 1.0 km away, Castel Sant'Angelo is 1.2 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
    What is Canova Tadolini known for?
    The studio, Canova and Tadolini, The street. A café and restaurant in the studio Canova passed to his pupil in 1818, where you eat among plaster models and marble giants.
    When did Canova Tadolini open?
    In 1818, as a sculptor's studio. A sculptor's studio from 1818 to the middle of the twentieth century.

    What visitors say about Canova Tadolini

    Rating from Google

    3.8

    2,326 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 6 October 2026.

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