For years, their return home has been accompanied by the sound of the cobblestones in the Ghetto: a top-floor apartment in a historic building, just a stone’s throw from the Synagogue and the Portico d’Ottavia.
Francesca Fagnani used to call it “a den.” Now the den is moving to northern Rome.
For Mentana, these have been weeks of moving: three days ago, he announced that on December 23, he will host his final Tg La7 broadcast.
And the Parioli neighborhood, as we’ll see, isn’t exactly new territory for him.
Penthouse, super-penthouse, and a past with INPS: what Mentana and Fagnani’s home is like (and how much it’s worth)
The apartment is located in an area of the neighborhood that historically belongs to the INPS real estate portfolio and is still undergoing renovation.
The price is in line with current market rates in the Parioli neighborhood. In July 2026, average asking prices in the Parioli-Flaminio area stood at 6,733 euros per square meter—nearly double the Roman average—placing the property firmly in the ranks of Rome’s million-euro homes.
Meanwhile, the couple is getting a feel for life as residents: they have been spotted several times in the neighborhood walking a dog.
As for his plans after La7, however, Mentana has not yet revealed anything.
From the cobblestones of the Ghetto to the boulevards of northern Rome: where the Mentana-Fagnani couple will live in Rome
This is the kind of move that makes waves in Rome. He’s moving from the historic center to the neighborhood that symbolizes Northern Rome—the one that gave its name to the “pariolini” and has appeared for decades on maps of celebrity homes in Rome.
Instead of narrow alleys, there are tree-lined avenues such as Viale dei Parioli, which runs from Piazza Ungheria to Villa Glori and Acqua Acetosa.
Then there’s Villa Ada, which even houses the air-raid bunker built for the royal family.
If you want to take a “near-future” tour, the most convenient metro stop is Flaminio, on Line A.
Red-carpet neighbors: Who lives in Parioli today?
Think of the Parioli neighborhood and you picture silence and immaculate little villas. Then you discover Via Ristori, a narrow street that forms a semicircle and loops back to where it started.
It is here, in a small villa, that Sergio Castellitto—one of the stars of “Cambiare l’acqua ai fiori,” which premiered this October at the Rome Film Festival—and writer Margaret Mazzantini live.
The theater now named after Costanzo: Mentana’s former home in Parioli
For Mentana, the Parioli neighborhood is nothing new. The Teatro Parioli—now called the Teatro Parioli Costanzo—is the venue where Maurizio Costanzo recorded his show for years.
And it was there that Mentana co-hosted a special episode with three legends of Italian cinema: Alberto Sordi, Monica Vitti, and Vittorio Gassman, dubbed “The Three Tenors.”
This time he’s returning as a resident: no stage, just a dog on a leash and a penthouse still awaiting completion of its renovation.
