ZAGAROLO

Altitude 303 m (994 feet). 14,000 inhabitants

Maybe founded by the Prenestini people, maybe by the fleeing people of Gabii or perhaps only around the year 1000 as a castle against the Saracens

Palazzo Colonna

Colonna Palace

Built in the sixteenth century for the Colonna family. It eventually became property of the Rospigliosi family

Frescoes of the sixteenth century

It houses the CIVIC LIBRARY and DEMOANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF TOYS

S. Pietro

St. Peter

1717/23 Nicola Michetti (about 1675/1758). He was replaced from 1718 to 1723 (he went to Russia to work for five years at the service of Czar Peter the Great) with Ludovico Rusconi Sassi (1678/1736) and Girolamo Caccia for G.B. Rospigliosi

2^nd CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT

"Madonna and Child with Sts. Joseph and Anthony the Great" by Francesco Podesti (1800/95)

MAIN ALTAR

"The delivery of the keys" 1726 by Giuseppe Chiari (1654/1727). He died before finishing his work which was completed by his brother Tommaso Chiari (1665/1773)

Spectacular decoration in the DOME which originally was white with golden sections "Apotheosis of St. Peter" 1917 by G.B. Conti

2^nd CHAPEL ON THE LEFT

"Sts. Dominic, Francis of Paola and Leonardo worship the Trinity" 1728 by Girolamo Pesci (1679/1759)

S. Lorenzo

St. Lawrence

Tenth century, rebuilt in 1580 and after the bombing of the Allied Forces in 1944

RIGHT TRANSEPT

Right wall "St. John the Baptist points to the disciples the coming of the Messiah" 1684 by Ciro Ferri (1634/89)

Left wall "Ecstasy of St. Mary Magdalene" about 1725 by Giuseppe Chiari

LEFT TRANSEPT

Left wall "Adoration of the Magi" about 1725 by Agostino Masucci (1691/1758)

3^rd CHAPEL ON THE LEFT

Above the altar triptych with doors "Redeemer blessing and Sts. Peter and Paul" 1497 by an assistant of Antonio Aquili aka Antoniazzo Romano (about 1435-40 / 1508) for Pierfrancesco Colonna

"A certain hardness of traits is muffled by the vibrant use of color obtained through the combination of complementary colors, while refinements typical of Antoniazzo Romano are visible in the minutely adorned edges of the cloaks and the short two-tone belt of St. Paul. Considering the iconographic image, the blessing Redeemer represents in modern forms the model of the Achiropita icon in the Sancta Santorum at the Lateran, the cult of which was particularly widespread in the Lazio region during the Middle Ages. This is a recurring theme in the production of Antoniazzo and his school during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century" (Anna Cavallaro)

Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie

1260 for Cardinal Giovanni Colonna

Renovated at the beginning of the seventeenth century and at the beginning of the eighteenth century

Altarpieces about 1720 maybe from the destroyed church of the Gallicano conventuals:

1^st CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT

"Miracle of St. Rose of Viterbo" by Giuseppe Chiari

2^nd CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT

"St. Anthony" by Onofrio Avellino (about 1674/1741) pupil of Francesco Solimena

3^rd CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT

"Ecstasy of St. Francis” also by Onofrio Avellino

2^nd CHAPEL ON THE LEFT

"Immaculate Conception with Sts. Augustine and John the Evangelist" by Girolamo Pesci (1679/1759)

1^st CHAPEL ON THE LEFT

"Sts. Anna, Dominic and Joseph with monogram of Mary" also by Girolamo Pesci