Casa di Santa Francesca Romana in Ponte Rotto is in Trastevere, in the heart of <a href="accomodation-convent-hotel-rome.html">Rome</a>, close to the Basilica of St. cecilia and not far from Tiberina Island. For many centuries it was the home of the noble Ponziani family.<br> St. Francesca Romana, wife of Lorenzo de' Ponziani lived in this house for 40 years during which she performed many miracles and acts of heroic charity in the <a href="medieval-building-historical-hotel-convent-rome-trastevere.html">Trastevere</a> area.