- Home
- Personalised Tours
- Contact
- Blog
- On This Day in Rome
- Images
-
St Peter's Basilica
- Altars >
-
Monuments
>
- Countess Matilda of Canossa
- Maria Clementina Sobieska
- Queen Christina of Sweden
- Pope Innocent VIII
- Pope Paul III
- Pope Gregory XIII
- Pope Gregory XIV
- Pope Leo XI
- Pope Urban VIII
- Pope Alexander VII
- Pope Clement X
- Pope Innocent XI
- Pope Alexander VIII
- Pope Innocent XII
- Pope Benedict XIV
- Pope Clement XIII
- Pope Pius VII
- Pope Leo XII
- Pope Pius VIII
- Pope Gregory XVI
- Pope Pius X
- Pope Benedict XV
- Pope Pius XI
- Pope Pius XII
- Pope John XXIII
- The Stuarts
- Portico >
- Pieta
- Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament
- Cathedra Petri
- Crossing >
- St Peter
- Chapel of the Choir
- Chapel of the Baptistery
- Nave
- Sistine Chapel
-
Fountains
- Fontana della Barcaccia
- Fountain of Moses
- Fountain of Neptune
- Fountains of Piazza Farnese
- Fountain of the Acqua Paola
- Fountain of the Bees
- Fountain of the Cannonball
- Fountain of the Four Lions
- Fountain of the Four Rivers
- Fountain of the Goddess Roma
- Fountain of the Moor
- Fountain of the Naiads
- Fountain of the Pantheon
- Fountain of the Porter
- Fountains of St Peter's Square
- Fountain of the Seahorses
- Fountain of the Triton
- Fountain of the Turtles
- Four Fountains
- Rioni Fountains
- Street Fountains
- Trevi Fountain
- Venice Marries the Sea
-
Churches
- Chiesa del Gesù >
- Chiesa Nuova
- Lateran Baptistery
- San Bartolomeo all' Isola
- San Carlo ai Catinari
- San Carlo al Corso
- San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
- San Clemente >
- San Crisogono
- San Francesco a Ripa >
- San Giorgio in Velabro
- San Giovanni a Porta Latina
- San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
- San Giovanni in Laterano >
- San Girolamo della Carità >
- San Gregorio Magno
- San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
- San Lorenzo in Damaso
- San Lorenzo in Lucina
- San Luigi dei Francesi >
- San Marco
- San Pancrazio
- San Paolo fuori le Mura
- San Pietro in Montorio
- San Pietro in Vincoli
- San Saba
- San Sebastiano fuori le Mura >
- San Silvestro in Capite
- San Vitale
- Sant' Agnese fuori le Mura
- Sant' Agnese in Agone
- Sant' Agostino
- Sant' Anastasia
- Sant' Andrea al Quirinale
- Sant' Andrea della Valle
- Sant' Andrea delle Fratte
- Sant' Antonio dei Portoghesi
- Sant' Ignazio di Loyola
- Sant' Ivo alla Sapienza
- Santa Caterina dei Funari
- Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
- Santa Costanza
- Santa Croce in Gerusalemme >
- Santa Francesca Romana
- Santa Maria degli Angeli
- Santa Maria del Popolo >
- Santa Maria del Priorato
- Santa Maria della Pace >
- Santa Maria della Vittoria >
- Santa Maria dell' Anima
- Santa Maria dell' Orazione e Morte
- Santa Maria dell' Orto
- Santa Maria di Loreto
- Santa Maria in Aracoeli >
- Santa Maria in Campitelli
- Santa Maria in Cosmedin
- Santa Maria in Domnica
- Santa Maria in Trastevere >
- Santa Maria in Via
- Santa Maria Maddalena
- Santa Maria Maggiore >
- Santa Maria sopra Minerva >
- Santa Prassede
- Santa Sabina >
- Santa Susanna
- Santi Apostoli
- Santi Cosma e Damiano
- Santi Domenico e Sisto
- Santi Giovanni e Paolo
- Santi Luca e Martina
- Santi Nereo e Achilleo
- Santi Quattro Coronati
- Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli
- Santissima Trinità di Monti
- Santissimo Nome di Maria
- Palatine
- Forum
-
Ancient Monuments
- Aqueducts
- Ara Pacis
- Arch of Constantine
- Arch of the Money-Changers
- Arch of Janus
- Aurelian Walls
- Baths of Caracalla
- Baths of Diocletian
- Castel Sant' Angelo
- Catacombs of Domitilla
- Circus Maxentius
- Circus Maximus
- Colosseum
- Column of Marcus Aurelius
- Column of Trajan
- Forum of Augustus
- Forum of Trajan
- Mausoleum of Augustus
- Nymphaeum
- Pantheon
- Ponte Fabricio
- Ponte Milvio
- Ponte Rotto
- Ponte Sant' Angelo
- Porta Maggiore
- Porta San Paolo
- Porta San Sebastiano
- Portico of Octavia
- Pyramid of Cestius
- Temple of Hadrian
- Temple of Hercules
- Temple of Portunus
- Theatre of Marcellus
- Tomb of Caecilia Metella
- Via Appia
-
Obelisks
- 'Minerveo' Obelisk
- 'Flaminio' Obelisk
- 'Matteiano' Obelisk
- 'Lateran' Obelisk
- 'Dogali' Obelisk
- 'Macuteo' Obelisk
- 'Solare' Obelisk
- 'Vatican' Obelisk
- 'Agonalis' Obelisk
- 'Sallustiano' Obelisk
- 'Quirinale' Obelisk
- 'Esquiline' Obelisk
- 'Pinciano' Obelisk
- 'Mediceo' Obelisk
- 'Torlonia' Obelisks
- 'Mussolini' Obelisk
- 'Marconi' Obelisk
- Mosaics
- Gallery
- Vatican Museums
- Palazzi
- Galleries & Museums
- Piazzas
-
Miscellaneous
- A Calendar of Saints
- Antico Caffè Greco
- Babington's Tea Rooms
- Borromini & the Baroque
- Catacombs
- Cloisters
- Column of the Immaculate Conception
- Domes
- EUR
- House of the Owls
- Jewish Ghetto
- Knights of Malta
- Mithraism
- Monumental Complex of S. Spirito in Sassia
- Ponte Sisto
- 'Protestant' Cemetery
- Quartiere Coppedè
- Spanish Steps
- 'Talking' Statues
- Tiber Island
- Villa Borghese
- Vittoriano
- Rioni
- On This Day in Italy
-
Pictures from Italy
-
Florence
>
- A Literary Tour
- Column of St Zenobius
- Cosimo I de' Medici
- Cosimo II de' Medici
- Costanza Bonarelli
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Ferdinand I de' Medici
- Gian Gastone de' Medici
- Girolamo Savonarola
- Monument to Cellini
- Palazzo Bartolini-Salimbeni
- Palazzo Bianca Cappello
- Palazzo Fenzi
- Piazza Santa Maria Novella
- Santa Maria Novella
- Statue of Dante
- Villa Gamberaia
- 'Wine Windows'
- Tuscany >
- Venice >
-
Florence
>
 A detail of the 15th century wooden ceiling, Santa Maria Maggiore Towards the end of the 15th century an exquisitely carved coffered wooden ceiling was erected in the nave of Santa Maria Maggiore. It would be the first of many such ceilings to be installed in the churches of Rome. The gilded ceiling bears the coat of arms of the Borgia pope Alexander VI (r. 1492-1503). The gold was presented by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Below are some examples of other impressive coffered ceilings in Roman churches.  San Giovanni in Laterano  Santa Maria in Aracoeli  Santa Maria in Trastevere  San Crisogono Comments are closed.
|
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 and
small-group walking tours of Rome. Search Walks in Rome:
Archives
December 2022
|
- Home
- Personalised Tours
- Contact
- Blog
- On This Day in Rome
- Images
-
St Peter's Basilica
- Altars >
-
Monuments
>
- Countess Matilda of Canossa
- Maria Clementina Sobieska
- Queen Christina of Sweden
- Pope Innocent VIII
- Pope Paul III
- Pope Gregory XIII
- Pope Gregory XIV
- Pope Leo XI
- Pope Urban VIII
- Pope Alexander VII
- Pope Clement X
- Pope Innocent XI
- Pope Alexander VIII
- Pope Innocent XII
- Pope Benedict XIV
- Pope Clement XIII
- Pope Pius VII
- Pope Leo XII
- Pope Pius VIII
- Pope Gregory XVI
- Pope Pius X
- Pope Benedict XV
- Pope Pius XI
- Pope Pius XII
- Pope John XXIII
- The Stuarts
- Portico >
- Pieta
- Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament
- Cathedra Petri
- Crossing >
- St Peter
- Chapel of the Choir
- Chapel of the Baptistery
- Nave
- Sistine Chapel
-
Fountains
- Fontana della Barcaccia
- Fountain of Moses
- Fountain of Neptune
- Fountains of Piazza Farnese
- Fountain of the Acqua Paola
- Fountain of the Bees
- Fountain of the Cannonball
- Fountain of the Four Lions
- Fountain of the Four Rivers
- Fountain of the Goddess Roma
- Fountain of the Moor
- Fountain of the Naiads
- Fountain of the Pantheon
- Fountain of the Porter
- Fountains of St Peter's Square
- Fountain of the Seahorses
- Fountain of the Triton
- Fountain of the Turtles
- Four Fountains
- Rioni Fountains
- Street Fountains
- Trevi Fountain
- Venice Marries the Sea
-
Churches
- Chiesa del Gesù >
- Chiesa Nuova
- Lateran Baptistery
- San Bartolomeo all' Isola
- San Carlo ai Catinari
- San Carlo al Corso
- San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
- San Clemente >
- San Crisogono
- San Francesco a Ripa >
- San Giorgio in Velabro
- San Giovanni a Porta Latina
- San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
- San Giovanni in Laterano >
- San Girolamo della Carità >
- San Gregorio Magno
- San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
- San Lorenzo in Damaso
- San Lorenzo in Lucina
- San Luigi dei Francesi >
- San Marco
- San Pancrazio
- San Paolo fuori le Mura
- San Pietro in Montorio
- San Pietro in Vincoli
- San Saba
- San Sebastiano fuori le Mura >
- San Silvestro in Capite
- San Vitale
- Sant' Agnese fuori le Mura
- Sant' Agnese in Agone
- Sant' Agostino
- Sant' Anastasia
- Sant' Andrea al Quirinale
- Sant' Andrea della Valle
- Sant' Andrea delle Fratte
- Sant' Antonio dei Portoghesi
- Sant' Ignazio di Loyola
- Sant' Ivo alla Sapienza
- Santa Caterina dei Funari
- Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
- Santa Costanza
- Santa Croce in Gerusalemme >
- Santa Francesca Romana
- Santa Maria degli Angeli
- Santa Maria del Popolo >
- Santa Maria del Priorato
- Santa Maria della Pace >
- Santa Maria della Vittoria >
- Santa Maria dell' Anima
- Santa Maria dell' Orazione e Morte
- Santa Maria dell' Orto
- Santa Maria di Loreto
- Santa Maria in Aracoeli >
- Santa Maria in Campitelli
- Santa Maria in Cosmedin
- Santa Maria in Domnica
- Santa Maria in Trastevere >
- Santa Maria in Via
- Santa Maria Maddalena
- Santa Maria Maggiore >
- Santa Maria sopra Minerva >
- Santa Prassede
- Santa Sabina >
- Santa Susanna
- Santi Apostoli
- Santi Cosma e Damiano
- Santi Domenico e Sisto
- Santi Giovanni e Paolo
- Santi Luca e Martina
- Santi Nereo e Achilleo
- Santi Quattro Coronati
- Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli
- Santissima Trinità di Monti
- Santissimo Nome di Maria
- Palatine
- Forum
-
Ancient Monuments
- Aqueducts
- Ara Pacis
- Arch of Constantine
- Arch of the Money-Changers
- Arch of Janus
- Aurelian Walls
- Baths of Caracalla
- Baths of Diocletian
- Castel Sant' Angelo
- Catacombs of Domitilla
- Circus Maxentius
- Circus Maximus
- Colosseum
- Column of Marcus Aurelius
- Column of Trajan
- Forum of Augustus
- Forum of Trajan
- Mausoleum of Augustus
- Nymphaeum
- Pantheon
- Ponte Fabricio
- Ponte Milvio
- Ponte Rotto
- Ponte Sant' Angelo
- Porta Maggiore
- Porta San Paolo
- Porta San Sebastiano
- Portico of Octavia
- Pyramid of Cestius
- Temple of Hadrian
- Temple of Hercules
- Temple of Portunus
- Theatre of Marcellus
- Tomb of Caecilia Metella
- Via Appia
-
Obelisks
- 'Minerveo' Obelisk
- 'Flaminio' Obelisk
- 'Matteiano' Obelisk
- 'Lateran' Obelisk
- 'Dogali' Obelisk
- 'Macuteo' Obelisk
- 'Solare' Obelisk
- 'Vatican' Obelisk
- 'Agonalis' Obelisk
- 'Sallustiano' Obelisk
- 'Quirinale' Obelisk
- 'Esquiline' Obelisk
- 'Pinciano' Obelisk
- 'Mediceo' Obelisk
- 'Torlonia' Obelisks
- 'Mussolini' Obelisk
- 'Marconi' Obelisk
- Mosaics
- Gallery
- Vatican Museums
- Palazzi
- Galleries & Museums
- Piazzas
-
Miscellaneous
- A Calendar of Saints
- Antico Caffè Greco
- Babington's Tea Rooms
- Borromini & the Baroque
- Catacombs
- Cloisters
- Column of the Immaculate Conception
- Domes
- EUR
- House of the Owls
- Jewish Ghetto
- Knights of Malta
- Mithraism
- Monumental Complex of S. Spirito in Sassia
- Ponte Sisto
- 'Protestant' Cemetery
- Quartiere Coppedè
- Spanish Steps
- 'Talking' Statues
- Tiber Island
- Villa Borghese
- Vittoriano
- Rioni
- On This Day in Italy
-
Pictures from Italy
-
Florence
>
- A Literary Tour
- Column of St Zenobius
- Cosimo I de' Medici
- Cosimo II de' Medici
- Costanza Bonarelli
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Ferdinand I de' Medici
- Gian Gastone de' Medici
- Girolamo Savonarola
- Monument to Cellini
- Palazzo Bartolini-Salimbeni
- Palazzo Bianca Cappello
- Palazzo Fenzi
- Piazza Santa Maria Novella
- Santa Maria Novella
- Statue of Dante
- Villa Gamberaia
- 'Wine Windows'
- Tuscany >
- Venice >
-
Florence
>