“My grandfather liked to say, ‘All roads lead to Via Margutta,’” notes Valentina Moncada di Paternò, a prominent art historian and art advisor, whose family played a pivotal role in the street’s cultural development. Some of the biggest names of the 20th century made their way to this ivied haven in the heart of Rome— Picasso, Stravinsky, Fellini, Fortuny—following centuries of artists and artisans who set up shop here.

Margutta’s unique history has been Moncada’s passion for decades. An ancestor, Marchese Francesco Naro Patrizi Montoro, had significant real estate holdings on the street and developed the studios that attracted top artists throughout Europe.