Blog Posts: 2022

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20.12: Porta Santa Rosa 
17.12: Palazzo Bonaparte
13.12: Feast Day of St Lucy 
07.12: Death of Cicero 

23.11: San Luigi dei Francesi: Monument to Claude Lorrain  
18.11: Consecration of St Peter's Basilica  
09.11: Death of Piranesi 
08.11: The Patron Saints of Sculptors 
04.11: Day of National Unity 
02.11: Crypt of the ‘Sacconi Rossi’

28.10: The March on Rome 
23.10: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: Bust of Brutus 
19.10: Villa Medici: Statue of Mercury, Messenger of the Gods 
18.10: Feast Day of St Luke: The Patron Saint of Painters 
16.10: A Dark Day in the History of Rome 
15.10: Gibbon’s ‘Capitoline Vision’
13.10: Death of Emperor Claudius: Mushrooms are the Food of the Gods 
13.10: 200th Anniversary of the Death of Canova 
07.10: Emperor Commodus: Born to the Purple
06.10: Feast Day of St Bruno
05.10: The Gregorian Calendar: & the Lost Ten Days
04.10: Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi 

29.09: Vatican Gardens: Statue of St Michael Slaying the Devil 
26.09: Cracking the Code: Egyptian Hieroglyphs 
23.09: Birth of Emperor Augustus
21.09: Feast Day of St Matthew: Patron Saint of Tax Collectors 
20.09: Death of the Architect Gino Coppede 
19.09: Fountain of the Catechumens 
14.09: The Oldest Doors in Rome 
10.09: The Raising of the Vatican Obelisk 
01.09: The Twinning of Rome & Paris 

29.08: Feast Day of the Beheading of St John the Baptist 
27.08: Santa Maria Maggiore: Statue of Pope Sixtus V by Vasoldo 
24.08: Michelangelo’s Curious Self-Portrait
17.08: Fountain of the Prisoner
16.08: Fountain of the Palazzo del Monte di Pietà 
15.08: Santa Maria Maggiore: Assumption of the Virgin Mary by Pietro Bernini 
13.08: Santa Maria Maggiore: Bust of Pope Benedict XIII by Pietro Bracci
08.08: Fountain of the Bathers
07:08: Acquedotto Felice: Rome’s First Aqueduct Since Antiquity
06.08: Feast of the Transfiguration 
05.08: Miracle of the Summer Snowfall
04.08: Fountain of Clement XII (Fontana di Porta Furba) 
02.08: An Aqueduct, a Pope & a Holy Year

28.07: Porta San Giovanni 
22.07: Feast of St Mary Magdalene: Patron Saint of Prostitutes & Pharmacists 
18.07: Great Fire of Ancient Rome 
16.07: Festa de’ Noantri: Festival of ‘We Others’
11.07: Piazza del Risorgimento: Monument to the Carabinieri
08.07: Bicentenary of the Death of Shelley  
05.07: Pons Neronianus: Remains of Nero’s Bridge 
03.07: Feast Day of St Thomas the Apostle 
02.07: Fontana di Piazza del Viminale
01.07: Via Veneto: Plaque to Fellini

28.06: San Nicola da Tolentino: Patron Saint of Holy Souls
24.06: Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist 
17.06: San Sebastiano fuori le Mura: Pope St Fabian
11.06: The Saint Who Killed His Own Parents!
09.06: Cervantes & the Trinitarians 
02.06: Festa della Repubblica: Celebrating Republic Day 

24.05: Palazzo Centini Toni: Palace of the Puppets
22.05: Feast Day of St Rita of Cascia: Patron Saint of Lost Causes 
21.05: 50th anniversary of the attack on Michelangelo’s Pieta 
20.05: World Bee Day & the Barberini Bees 
17.05: Palazzo Frangipane Capocci
14.05: Feast Day of St Matthias 
12.05: Garden of Sant’ Alessio
07.05: House of the Knights of Rhodes
05.05: Statue of Joan of Arc by Maxime Real del Sarte 
03.05: Street Art
02.05: San Paolo fuori le Mura: Bell Tower by Luigi Poletti
01.05: Sant’ Onofrio al Gianicolo: Cloister

29.04: San Paolo fuori le Mura: Central door by Antonio Maraini
27.04: The Chi-Rho monogram or Chrismon
25.04: The Feast Day of St Mark the Evangelist
17.04: Santi Domenico e Sisto: ‘Noli me Tangere’ (‘Touch Me Not’)
16.04: Column of Marcus Aurelius: Statue of St Paul by Leonardo Sormani
15.04: The Machine of the Forty Hours
11.04: Santa Maria della Concezione: Monument to Alexander Sobieski
01.04: Santa Maria sopra Minerva: Tomb of Giovanni Arberini

29.03: Fra Angelico: A Tribute in Stained Glass
28.03: Canova’s house: Plaque
26.03: Judas Trees 
25.03: Feast of the Annunciation: Lady Day
22.03: Dust, Ashes and Nothing 
21.03: Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo: Angel by Carmelo Abate 
18.03: Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli: Dome
16.03: Villa Sciarra: Fountain of the Fauns
15.03: Via dei Fori Imperiali: Statue of Julius Caesar
14.03: Fontana del Timone: Fountain of the Ship’s Wheel
11.03: Sant’ Andrea delle Fratte: Borromini’s Bell tower
10.03: Sant’ Andrea della Valle: Second Largest Dome in Rome
09.03: Convent of Santa Maria Annunziata a Tor de’ Specchi
04.03: Church of San Gregorio Nazianzeno
03.03: Santa Maria del Popolo: Oldest stained glass windows in Rome
02.03: Santa Maria dell’ Orazione e Morte: Bell tower 
01.03: Santa Maria dell’ Anima: Double-Headed Imperial Eagle

25.02: Santa Maria degli Angeli: Holy Water Stoup
23.02: Sant’ Ivo alla Sapienza: Lantern
22.02: Sant’ Agostino: Madonna dei Pellegrini by Caravaggio
21.02: Sant’ Agnese in Agone: Lantern
20.02: Sant’ Agostino: Prophet Isaiah by Raphael
19.02: Mosaic of the Head of Medusa
18.02: Coat of arms of Pope Gregory XVI
16.02: Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola: Statue of Pope John XXIII
15.02: Statue of St Charles Borromeo by Attilio Selva
14.02: Chiesa Nuova: Lantern
12.02: Santa Maria Maggiore: Pauline Chapel: King David by Nicolas Cordier
11.02: Santa Caterina dei Funari: Bell Tower 
10.02: San Carlino: Facade: Statue of St Charles Borromeo by Antonio Raggi 
09.02: Quartiere Coppedè: Villini delle Fate: Madonnella 
08.02: Chiesa Nuova: Facade: Madonna and Child
07.02: Ss Michele e Magno: Tomb of Anton Raphael Mengs
05.02: Coat of arms of Pope John XXIII 
04.02: The Damned Soul by Bernini
03.02: Recycling Michelangelo’s Marble
02.02: Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli: Ecstasy of St Catherine of Siena
01.02: Santa Maria sopra Minerva: Funerary monument to Pope Paul IV

30.01: Sacro Cuore del Gesù: Statue of Christ the Redeemer by Raffaello Politi
29.01: Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria: Dream of St Joseph
28.01: Feast Day of St Thomas Aquinas: Patron Saint of Academics
27.01: Monogram of the Virgin Mary
26.01: San Carlo ai Catinari: One of the Largest Domes in Rome
25.01: Feast of the Conversion of St Paul
24.01: San Francesco a Ripa: Bust of Cardinal Ricci
23.01: Santa Maria sopra Minerva: Tomb of Andrea Bregno
22.01: Santa Maria in Aracoeli: Funerary Monument to Cardinal d’Albret
21.01: Feast Day of St Agnes
12.01: Capitoline Museums: Statue of Cupid and Psyche
10.01: San Giovanni in Laterano: Tomb of Pope Martin V
09.01: Emperor Vespasian & the Colosseum
08.01: San Carlo al Corso: Heart of St Charles Borromeo
04.01: Chiesa del Gesù: Hidden Statue of St Ignatius
02.01: Coat of arms of Pope Gregory XIII
01.01: Vatican Museums: 'Bramante' Staircase