Sts. FABIANUS AND VENANTIUS

SS. FABIANO E VENANZIO
Piazza di Villa Fiorelli/Via Castrovillari - Tuscolano

1934 Clemente Busiri Vici (1887/1965)

It is the church of the people from Camerino, in the Marche region, who live in Rome

A plaque on the façade mentions August 15, 1943 when the church and its neighborhood were bombed by the Allies, killing about 100 civilians
The church was damaged in part. Pius XII Pacelli (1939/58) visited the church immediately after the bombing

St. SATURNINUS

S. SATURNINO
Via Avigliana 3/Via Topino - Quartiere Trieste

1935 Clemente Busiri Vici (1887/1965)
Original and austere FAÇADE with a large apse

Under the MAIN ALTAR relics of St. Saturninus moved here in 1987 from the churches of Sts. John and Paul (body parts) and St. Peter in Chains (skullcap)

St. Saturninus was from Carthage and, according to tradition, was beheaded on Via Nomentana in the year 304 AD

St. HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME

S. IPPOLITO

Via di S. Ippolito 56/angolo Viale delle Province

1933/34 Clemente Busiri Vici (1887/1965) for Pius XI Ratti (1922/39)

It is managed by the diocesan clergy since 1985

“Stations of the Cross” 1934/38 by Domenico Mastroianni (1876/1962)

MAIN ALTAR

Altarpiece “Glory of St. Hippolytus” 1950 by Orazio Amato (1884/1952), who featured in the painting the faces of the Minor Capuchin Friars from Piedmont residing in the parish at the time

On the sides canvas “Eucharistic Miracle of St. Clare of Assisi” and “St. Lawrence of Brindisi” 1960 by Franco Casetti

TRANSEPT

Canvas “St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of Italy with Pius XII kneeling” 1941, and “Our Lady of Lourdes” 1940 by Gustavo Solimene

Around the canvas “Ten artistic graffiti” 1965 by Luciano Vinardi who also designed the “Forty-three stained glass windows” of the church in the years 1963/64

“Bronze angels” by Corrado Vigni (1888/?)

When the foundations of a building nearby were dug, it was discovered a branch of the

Catacomba di S. Ippolito

Catacomb of St. Hippolytus

Entrance in Via dei Canneti

Explored by Antonio Bosio at the end of the sixteenth century and by G.B. De Rossi in the nineteenth century

Five levels of which only the median is accessible

It was badly damaged during World War II because it was used as a bomb shelter

The oldest part is the one that was dug around the UNDERGROUND BASILICA built by Pope Vigilius (537/555) around the tomb of the martyr Hippolytus (about 170/235)

In 1553 a “Statue of St. Hippolytus” was found which is now in the Vatican Library

It has been proved, however, by Margherita Guarducci that the statue is a reconstruction made in the third century AD of various statues of the second century AD, later completed with the missing parts by Pirro Ligorio (about 1513/83) who had found the statue

St. Hippolytus was a controversial figure of the Roman Church at the beginning of the third century AD, considered by the ancient sources as a priest, a bishop, a soldier, an anti-heretical writer, a theologian, an antipope and a martyr

He was exiled to Sardinia in the year 235 by the Emperor Maximinus Thrax (235/238) with Pope Pontian (230/235), with whom he had reconciled, having recognized him as the legitimate pope. Both died working in the mines

St. BENEDICT

S. BENEDETTO

Via del Gazometro 23

1936 Clemente Busiri Vici (1887/1965)

Only the outer walls remained standing after the bombing of the Allied Forces on March 3, 1944

It was rebuilt in 1949 and completed inside in 1953

In the ceiling round panels “Stories of St. Benedict” by Ferruccio Ferrazzi (1891/1978)

“After a debut inspired by Segantini and a temporary, partial adherence to Futurism, he followed the neo-classicism of the Novecento (Twentyeth-Century) current, albeit mitigated with accents of Pre-Raphaelite origin. He thoroughly studied encaustic technique and he used it, especially in wall paintings” (Enciclopedia Treccani)

In the CHAPELS two paintings:

“Madonna and Child” 1951 by Silvio Consadori (1909/94)

 ”St. Joseph with Jesus teenager” 1953 by Luigi Filocamo (1906/88)

MAIN ALTAR

Canvas “St. Benedict” by Ferruccio Ferrazzi

PALACE OF PROPAGANDA FIDE - CHURCH OF THE THREE WISE MEN (third part)

Chiesa dei Re Magi

1660/66 masterpiece by Francesco Borromini (1599/1667)

It replaced the church built in 1634 by Bernini which was elliptical with a main entrance directly on Via di Propaganda

“It is a radical revision of the structures of St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows and of the Oratorio dei Filippini. Articulation is here in an order large and small derived from the Capitoline Palaces. A continuous system ties together all parts of the building in all directions. The line-skeleton structure has become of the utmost importance - there is almost no wall between the tall pillars! - and even the dome was sacrificed to the structure. No post-Renaissance building in Italy has come so close to the Gothic structural principles. It was truly a new and challenging solution and its compelling simplicity and logic ends properly Borromini's activity in ecclesiastical architecture” (Rudolf Wittkower)

Borromini's stuccos completed after his death by Francesco Fontana (1668/1708) Carlo Fontana's son

Subsequent interventions in 1815 and 1955 painted arbitrarily Borromini's surfaces

Restoration in 1955 by Clemente Busiri Vici (1887/1965) who got rid of some nineteenth-century additions

According to an unconfirmed anecdote Borromini would have taunt Bernini sculpting a papal Chigi coat of arms with the donkey ears on a corner facing the Palace of Bernini

The coat of arms was actually made and was present until at least 1722, when Filippo Juvarra (1678/1736) drew it. Bernini would have replied by carving a penis on the shelves of a balcony of his palace overlooking one side of the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide

 1^st CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT

“Conversion of St. Paul” about 1634 by Carlo Pellegrini (1605/49) although some sources cite it as designed by Bernini

2^nd CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT

“Madonna with Sts. Charles Borromeo and Filippo Neri” about 1665 by Carlo Cesi (1626/86)

MAIN ALTAR

“Adoration of the Magi” by Giacinto Gimignani (1606/81)

Above “Delivery of the Keys to St. Peter” about 1673 by Lazzaro Baldi (about 1624/1703)

Stuccos in the upper part and over the window of the choir by Cosimo Fancelli (1620/88)

2^nd CHAPEL ON THE LEFT

“Crucifixion between Sts. Francis Xavier and Francesco di Paola” by Ludovico Gimignani (1643/97) son of Giacinto

1^st CHAPEL ON THE LEFT

“The Calling of Sts. Peter and Andrew” 1634 by Andrea Camassei (1602/49) copy from the original of Giorgio Vasari

IN THE NICHES

“Six seventeenth-century busts of benefactors of the Congregation” of high quality and generic attribution to school of Alessandro Algardi with “Basis of black marble from Belgium” by Francesco Borromini

PALACE OF THE SAVINGS BANK OF ROME

PALAZZO DELLA CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI ROMA

Via del Corso 320

1867/74 Antonio Cipolla (1822/74) in homage to the style of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger

In honor of its architect the palace is also known as PALAZZO CIPOLLA

It was built on the site of the destroyed Palazzo di S. Giacomo degli Incurabili from which the CAFFÈ VENEZIANO opened onto Via del Corso

From 1725 to 1868 it was a haunt of writers and Roman aristocrats

Restored 1933 by Alfredo Energici (1894/?) and Antonio Petrignani

Restored again by Clemente Busiri Vici (1887/1965) e Pompeo Coltellacci

It is now occupied by the FONDAZIONE MUSEO DI ROMA (Museum Foundation of Rome) that organizes temporary exhibitions

ROOM OF THE COUNCIL

Ceiling with painting “Saving, Abundance and Peace” of the second half of the nineteenth century by Domenico Bruschi (1840/1910)

PONTIFICAL URBANIANA UNIVERSITY

COLLEGIO URBANO DI PROPAGANDA FIDE

Via Urbano VIII 16

About 1935 by Clemente Busiri Vici (1887/1965)

It houses the PONTIFICIA UNIVERSITÀ URBANIANA (Pontifical Urbaniana University) founded in 1627 by Urban VIII Barberini (1623/44)

Approximately 1,400 students from nearly 100 countries follow the courses of the University

In the LIBRARY there are about 350,000 books

ROME FILM STUDIOS

CINECITTÀ

Via Tuscolana 1055

1937 Gino Peresutti (1883/1940)

Area of 400.000 m² (100 acres) with twenty-two studios for shooting movies

In Piazza di Cinecittà ISTITUTO NAZIONALE LUCE (National Light Institute) 1937 by Clemente Busiri Vici (1887/1965), Andrea jr. Busiri Vici, Arnaldo Regaglioli and Rodolfo Rustichelli

Now it is used as the headquarters of the Council of the Tenth Municipio (neighborhood) of Rome

CATACOMB OF St. ALEXANDER

CATACOMBA DI S. ALESSANDRO

Via Nomentana 1291

Discovered in 1854

One single floor

An inscription gave the name to the catacombs and the district at km 13 of Via Nomentana

The BASILICA was built in the second century in honor of the martyr St. Alexander and also in honor of St. Teodulo

The second phase of the Basilica dates back to the fourth century by Urso, Bishop of Ficulea and Nomentum

It is currently closed and in a state of neglect

CHURCH OF St. ALEXANDER

1937 Clemente Busiri Vici (1887/1965)