Sunday, April 22, 2018

St. ANSELM OF CANTERBURY

S. ANSELMO
1893/1900 Hildebrand of Hemptinne Belgian abbot and Francesco Vespignani (1842/99) in Lombard-Romanesque style
It is the Primatial Abbey of the Benedictine Order
BENEDICTINE MONASTERY
It is the seat of the PONTIFICIO ATENEO S. ANSELMO IN URBE, the International Benedictine University offering courses in philosophy, theology and liturgy as well as various specialization courses
Mosaic of the second or third century AD with “Scenes of the myth of Orpheus” from the HOUSE OF LUCILLA PACTUMEIA whose ruins are in the basement
GARDENS
“Bastion of the Colonnella” 1540 fortification designed for the never finished walls of Rome for Pope Paul III (1534/49) by G.B. da Sangallo and Antonio Cordini aka Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1483/1546)

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