Showing posts with label Corso d'Italia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Corso d'Italia. Show all posts

Monday, December 23, 2019

St. TERESA OF ÀVILA

S. TERESA D'AVILA
Corso d'Italia 37

1901/02 Tullio Passarelli (1869/1941)
Next door there is the General Curia of the Discalced Carmelites
It was built in Romanesque Revival style

In the FAÇADE
“Two marble lions” by Armando Brasini (1879/1965)

In the BRONZE PORTAL
Reliefs “Stories of St. Teresa” 1983 by Fra 'Serafino Melchiorre
“Statue of St. Teresa” by Giuseppe Trabacchi (1839/1909)

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

MONUMENT TO THE BREACH OF PIA GATE

MONUMENTO ALLA BRECCIA DI PORTA PIA
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

Thursday, February 13, 2014

HOTEL NH VITTORIO VENETO

HOTEL NH VITTORIO VENETO
1968/71 Amedeo Luccichenti (1907/63), Vincenzo Monaco (1911/69) and Edoardo Monaco, Vincenzo's son
"In the feverish atmosphere of reconstruction after World War II, Luccichenti and Monaco were among the professionals who were able to conduct a personal research, realizing the value of buildings and defining the true role models for the building type. Their architectures are generally characterized by façades designed by long horizontal ribbon windows with grids marked by structural regularity of form, with particular attention paid to internal distribution" (Gianluca Ficorilli - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani)