ORATORY OF St. MARY OF GOOD HELP

ORATORIO DI S. MARIA E DEL BUON AIUTO

Piazza di S. Croce in Gerusalemme/Via Nola

1476 for Pope Sixtus IV Della Rovere (1471/84)

According to tradition, Sixtus IV found refuge from a raging storm in a shrine with an image of the Virgin Mary

Once the danger was over he ordered that a church would be dedicated to that image with the title of Buon Aiuto (Good Help)

Fresco detached from the original shrine “Madonna with Child” maybe by Antonio Aquili aka Antoniazzo Romano (about 1435-40/1508)

HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF INFANTRY

MUSEO STORICO DELLA FANTERIA

Piazza S. Croce in Gerusalemme 9

Housed in a 1903 building formerly barracks of the second regiment of the Grenadiers of Sardinia

The museum was established in 1948 but it was open to the public only in 1959

In 1990 it was renovated and divided into three areas (weapons, flags and uniforms) with THIRTY-FIVE ROOMS, FIVE GALLERIES, a LIBRARY and a HISTORICAL ARCHIVE

The exhibition includes firearms from the eighteenth century to the present day, halberds, crossbows, armor and edged weapons, as well as models of battles as those of Zama and Waterloo, sketches and original documents relating to colonial wars and the two world wars

Memorial with bronze group “Redeemer on the Cross holds two soldiers dying” by Edmondo Furlan

Statue “Soldier leaving” by Biagio Poidimani (1910/2001)

HOUSES FOR RAILWAYS WORKERS

CASE DEI FERROTRANVIERI

Piazza S. Croce in Gerusalemme

1907/11 Giulio Magni (1859/1930)

Nine big buildings in the shape of the letter C with open courtyards

There are interesting Art Nouveau patterns in the corner pilasters

CASTRENSIS AMPHITHEATER

ANFITEATRO CASTRENSE

Piazza S. Croce in Gerusalemme

Severian period (193/235). 88 x 75 m (288 x 252 feet)

Perhaps the private amphitheater of the PALATIUM SESSORIANUM (maybe from sedeo, living room), later incorporated in the Aurelian Walls

In mid-1500 the two upper orders were destroyed and only the first remains

From the amphitheater a grand CORRIDOR 300 m (985 feet) long and 14 m (46 feet) wide began along the great hall (now the Basilica of Santa Croce) ending up at the CIRCO DI VARIANO