1644 Marcantonio de Rossi (about 1607/61) military
architect, father of the architect, Bernini's assistant, Mattia De Rossi, on
the site of the ancient Porta Aurelia inserted in the circle of the Aurelian Walls
It is part
of the Gianicolensi Walls built in the
years 1642/44 for Urban VIII Barberini (1623/44) and Innocent X (1644/55)
It was
destroyed by the French bombardment of 1849 and rebuilt in 1854/57 by Virginio Vespignani (1808/82) for Pius IX-Mastai
Ferretti (1646/78)
It encloses
a water tank in the upper part
Inside there is the small
Museum
of the Roman Republic and of Garibaldi's Legacy
It is an
educational museum concerning the events of 1849 when it was proclaimed the Roman
Republic that overthrew Pope Pius IX and was ruled by a triumvirate with
Giuseppe Mazzini, Carlo Armellini and Aurelio Saffi
The Roman
Republic fell following the siege of Rome by the French troops of General
Oudinot, which began on June 3 and ended on July 2. Here was its main front
culminated in the bloody battle of June 30
The museum
was renovated in 2011 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy
with busts, paintings, engravings, models, memorabilia of Garibaldi and
educational material divided into six sections distributed over four floors of
the building:
1) Riots in
1948. The years 1848/49
2) The
reform policy of Pius IX
3) Rome;
Republic; come! The birth of the Republic
4)
Twenty-year old heroes. The young defenders of the Republic
5) The days
of the siege
6) The
Constitution of the Roman Republic
