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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