In the heart of the ancient fori imperiali flies the flag of the Knights of Malta. The 15th century Casa dei Cavalieri di Rodi (House of the Knights of Rhodes) was built in the ruins of the Forum of Augustus by Cardinal Marco Bembo, who was appointed Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John by his uncle, Pope Paul II (r. 1464-71). The Knights Hospitaller, a lay religious order, were initially based in Jerusalem and moved to Rhodes in 1310. A little over two hundred years later the Knights moved to Malta before finally establishing their headquarters in Rome where they remain to this day. Comments are closed.
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My name is David Lown and I am an art historian from Cambridge, England. Since 2001 I have lived in Italy, where I run private walking tours of Rome.
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