Blog Posts: 2020

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27.12: Feast Day of St John the Evangelist 
26.12: Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini
25.12: Plaque to Mozart
24.12: Ponte Settimia Spizzichino: Marking the Memory of a Holocaust Survivor
23.12: Changing Faces of the Piazza Barberini
22.12: Palazzo Spada: Borromini & the Art of Illusion
21.12: Baths of Nero
20.12: House of Flaminio Ponzio: Recycling Facades
19.12: Palazzo Carpegna & Borromini
17.12: Santa Maria Annunziata in Borgo: Moving Churches!
16.12: Ponte Cestio
15.12: Trajan’s Forum 
14.12: Palazzo dei Marescialli: The Many Heads of Mussolini
10.12: Santa Maria della Scala: Madonna of the Staircase
07.12: Monte di Pieta: A 500-Year-Old Pawn Shop
02.12: Trajan’s Market
01.12: Ss. Stimmate di San Francesco: St Francis and the Stigmata

30.11: Ponte Palatino: The ‘English' Bridge
26.11: Why is a Speaker’s Platform called a Rostrum? 
18.11: Madonna dell’ Archetto: Smallest Church in Rome
16.11: Plaque to Cellini: Goldsmith, Sculptor & Writer
15.11: Ponte dei Fiorentini: Penny Bridge
14.11: Palazzetto di Tizio da Spoleto: Painted Facades
12.11: A Caged Wolf in the Heart of Rome!
11.11: Church of Santa Maria Liberatrice
10.11: Fountain of Palazzo Spada: Fountain of the Breasts
07.11: Church of San Girolamo dei Croati
05.11: Coat of arms of Pope Pius XII: The Last Roman Pope
04.11: Roman Palazzi: Courtyard Fountains
02.11: Palazzo Rondanini: Pieta by Michelangelo

21.10: Temple of Romulus
14.10: Palazzo Senatorio: Bell Tower
12.10:  The Saint & the Origin of the Word ‘Pants’
11.10: Fascist Origins of Stazione Ostiense
10.10: The Balzana: A Touch of Siena in Rome
02.10: San Girolamo della Carità: Antamoro Chapel 

30.09: Palazzo dei Conservatori
28.09: Colossus of Constantine: ‘Behold This Foot’
25.09: Sant’ Eligio degli Orefici: The Goldsmiths' Church
23.09: Piazza dell’ Aracoeli: One of the Oldest Fountains in Rome
22.09: Curia: From Senate House to Church
21.09: Villa Borghese: Monument to King Umberto I
20.09: 150th anniversary of the ‘Capture of Rome’ 
18.09: Church of Santa Maria ai Monti
17.09: Fountain of Ponte Sisto
16.09: Theatre of Pompey
14.09: Decoding Roman Numerals 
12.09: Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II
11.09: Twin Towers Memorial 
10.09: Fountain of the Dog
08.09: Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary 
06.09: Fountain of the Barrel 
04.09: Church of Santa Prisca & the Mithraeum 
03.09: Stadio dei Marmi: Sport in the Time of Fascism
02.09: Church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami & the Mamertine Prison
01.09: Vatican Museums: Double-helix staircase by Giuseppe Momo

28.08: Vatican Museums: Sphere Within a Sphere
26.08: Fascism & the Fountain in Piazza Mazzini
24.08: Palazzo della Farnesina: Fountain of the World 
22.08: Fountain: ‘Novecento’ by Arnaldo Pomodoro
18.08: Church of Sant’ Ignazio: Two Monumental Matching Altars
15.08: Ferragosto: Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary 
14.08: Ancient Rome: Forum of Nerva
12.08: San Lorenzo in Lucina: Chateaubriand’s Monument to Poussin 
11.08: San Tommaso in Formis: Mosaic of Christ Freeing Two Slaves
10.08: The ‘Tears’ of St Lawrence 
09.08: Santa Caterina dei Funari: ‘From the Jaws of the Devil’
08.08: The Spada Chapel: A Baroque Gem 
08.08: Church of Domine Quo Vadis
07.08: Sant’ Agostino: Madonna del Parto
03.08: Church of San Macuto

30.07: Monument to Giuseppe Mazzini
29.07: Palazzo Chigi: Official Residence of Italy’s P. M.
28.07: Coat of Arms of Pope Sixtus V: Lions and Pears
26.07: Santa Maria della Pace: Chigi Chapel: Raphael’s Four Sibyls 
25.07: Monument to St Francis
24.07: St John Lateran: Cappella Clementina: Exquisite Art of the Blacksmith
23.07: Villa Borghese: Casino Nobile 
22.07: Santa Maria in Via: Miracle of the Madonna of the Well
20.07: Knights of Malta
19.07: Mystery of Mithraism
18.07: Palazzo Barberini
17.07: Monument to Cavour, Italy’s First Prime Minister
16.07: Via del Corso: Plaque to Pope Alexander VII: Racing & Rome’s Carnival
15.07: River Tiber: Building the Embankments
14.07: Fountain of Cupid
12.07: Santa Maria Maggiore: Relic of the Holy Crib 
11.07: Fountain of the Caryatids
10.07: Ancient Rome: Park of the Aqueducts
08.07: Birth of Artemisia Gentileschi 
01.07: Torre delle Milizie: Nero’s Tower!

29.06: St Peter’s Basilica: Statue of St Peter: Marking the Feast of St Peter & St Paul

29.05: St Peter’s Basilica: Cathedra Petri: Chair of St Peter
22.05: Oratorio dei Filippini: Borromini’s Clock Tower
15.05: Coat of Arms of Pope Francis 
08.05: Doria-Pamphilj Gallery: Olimpia Maidalchini by Algardi: Rome’s ‘She-Pope’
01.05: Ponte Milvio: St John of Nepomuk by Cornacchini: My Lips are Sealed!

29.04: Galleria Borghese: Rape of Proserpina by Bernini
28.04: St John Lateran: Funerary monument to Pope Leo XIII 
22.04: Chapel of the Three Magi by Borromini
15.04: Springtime at the Spanish Steps 
06.04: Pantheon: Tomb of Raphael

31.03: Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli: Freeing Christian Captives & Slaves
30.03: Galleria Borghese: Aeneas, Anchises & Ascanius by Bernini
25.03: Images of the Annunciation in Rome
22.03: St Peter’s Basilica: Equestrian statue of Charlemagne 
20.03: Ancient Rome: Temple of Portunus 
19.03: Model of Imperial Rome
18.03: Views of 18th century Rome by Canaletto
17.03: Santa Maria Maggiore: Cappella Paolina: Galileo’s Moon
14.03: Villa Sciarra
12.03: Ancient Rome: Ponte Nomentano
10.03: San Giovanni dei Fiorentini: A Foot of Mary Magdalene 
09.03: Centrale Montemartini: Goddess of Today’s Fortune
08.03: Marking the Meridian
06.03: Villa Borghese: Temple of Aesculapius
03.03: Fountain of Pope Pius IX
02.03: Vatican: Sarcophagus of St Helena
01.03: Villa Borghese: Fountain of Joy

29.02: Vatican: River Nile
28.02: Capitoline Museums 
27.02: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
23.02: Statue of Lord Byron: ‘Oh Rome! My Country! City of the Soul’
22.02: Villino Ximenes: Trinacria: Sicily’s Three-Legged Lady
21.02: Fountain of the Senate 
20.02: Past & Present: Fountain of the Cannonball
18.02: Botanical Garden
17.02: Fontana del Pianto
16.02: The Garden of the Oranges
14.02: Palazzo delle Esposizioni: Palace of Exhibitions
13.02: San Francesco a Ripa: Rospigliosi-Pallavicini Chapel
12.02: San Gregorio della Divina Pietà: From Riches to Rags
11.02: Via Margutta: Street of the Artists
10.02: St Stanislaus Kostka by Legros: A Saint on His Deathbed
09.02: Church of San Bernardo alle Terme 
08.02: Museo Nazionale Romano: ‘Know Thyself’ Mosaic
06.02: A Curious Image of a Carthusian Monk
05.02: Acquario Romanum: Roman Aquarium
04.02: Sant’ Ignazio: Funerary Monument of Pope Gregory XV 
03.02: Coat of Arms of Pope Alexander VII
02.02: Palazzo della Sapienza: Palace of Wisdom
01.02: Santa Maria degli Angeli: Bronze doors by Mitoraj 

31.01: Anglican Church of All Saints 
30.01: Stazione Termini
29.01: Pietro Canonica Museum
28.01: The Baths of Diocletian
27.01: Palazzo Koch
26.01: Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II
25.01: St Paul Within the Walls: Rome’s First Protestant Church
24.01: Santa Maria degli Angeli: Michelangelo’s Last Architectural Work
22.01: The Walls of the Roman Republic
21.01: Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni: Church of the Burgundians
20.01: The Nolli Map (1748): Mapping the Eternal City
19.01: Shelley’s Grave: ‘Nothing of him that doth fade…’
18.01: Vatican Museums: Room of the Immaculate Conception
17.01: Palazzo delle Finanze
16.01: Protestant Cemetery: ‘So Sweet a Place’
15.01: Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum: One of Rome’s Quirkier Museums
14.01: Torre dei Conti: Tower of the Counts
13.01: Royal Rowing Club
12.01: Art Nouveau & the Villino Cagiati
09.01: Lake Nemi: Discovery and Loss of Caligula's Boats
08.01: Santa Maria Maggiore: Virgin Mary on the Cross
07.01: Fountain of the Goddess Roma
06.01: Images of the Adoration of the Magi 
05.01: San Luigi dei Francesi: The King and the Salamander 
04.01: The Hidden 'Cat' of Palazzo Grazioli
03.01: Via Ostiense: Plaque Marking Final Meeting of St Peter and St Paul
02.01: Villino Ximenes: First Flowering of Art Nouveau
01.01: Teatro Argentina: The Barber of Seville by Rossini: First Night Fiasco