SMALL TEMPLE OF St. ANDREW

TEMPIETTO DI S. ANDREA
Viale delle Mura Aurelie 4

1848. Small temple by Gaetano Morichini with statue of “St. Andrew” by Carlo Aureli pupil of Antonio Canova for Pius IX Mastai Ferretti (1846/78)

It was built to commemorate the place where the relic of the head of St. Andrew was found. It had recently been stolen from St. Peter's Basilica

The relic of the head of St. Andrew was donated in 1966 by Pope Paul VI Montini (1963/78) to the Greek city of Patras as a gesture of detente toward the Orthodox Church. The relic of the rest of the body of St. Andrew is located in the Cathedral of Amalfi

MONUMENT TO THE BREACH OF PIA GATE

MONUMENTO ALLA BRECCIA DI PORTA PIA

Corso d'Italia 103

1895 architecture by Carlo Aureli with "Statue of Victory" by Giuseppe Guastalla (1867/1952)

The "Column" is ancient and it was found in 1875 in the Salita dei Crescenzi near the Pantheon in the area where the Baths of Nero used to be

The MARBLE WALL was added in 1920 by Adolfo Apolloni (1855/1923)

During the five hours of the battle of September 20, 1870 49 Italian Bersaglieri and 19 Papal Zuavi soldiers died
Rome was then occupied by the Italian army and became the capital of Italy
Pius IX Mastai-Ferretti (1846/78), who had already several times excommunicated the king and the Italian Government, on May 16, 1871 with the encyclical Ubi Nos renewed the excommunication and imposed on Catholics not to participate in the Italian elections