1953/58 Gaetano Rapisardi (1893/1988) who also designed the
square, for the Salesians, the order founded by St. John Bosco (1815/88)
also known as Don Bosco
FAÇADE
High relief at the center:
“St. John
Bosco among young men and angels” by Arturo Dazzi (1881/1966)
In the large arches on the sides statues:
“Archangel
Gabriel” and “Archangel Michael” by Ercole Drei
(1886/1973)
In the four smaller niches statues from left:
“St.
Francis de Sales” by Giovanni Amoroso (1913/73)
“Pius IX Mastai-Ferretti (1846/78)” and “Pius
XI Ratti (1922/39)” by Francesco Nagni (1897/1977)
“S. Giuseppe Cafasso” by Antonio Venditti (1914/81)
DOME
31 m (101.3
feet), the third largest by diameter in Rome after the Pantheon (43.3 m -
142,06 feet) and St. Peter (42.56 m - 139.63 feet)
On top of
the dome “Four bronze angels and crown surmounted by a cross of light” by Alessandro Monteleone (1897/1967)
PORCH
On the main door:
Reliefs “Symbols
of the Four Evangelists” and stories of Don Bosco: “Pius IX blesses the work of
the St. John Bosco”, “Leo XIII entrusted him with the construction of the
Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Rome”, “Mass of St. John Bosco in the Basilica
of the Sacred Heart”, “Apostolate in Rome of St. John Bosco as a young priest”
by Federico Papi (1897/1982)
Above the two side doors:
Bronze
statues “Redeemer” and “St. John the Baptist” by Attilio
Selva (1888/1970)
INTERIOR
Marble coating by Triestino
Trognoni con Cima
Gargari, Fausto
Gargari and Aonio
Paleario
“Stations
of the Cross” by Venanzo Crocetti (1913/2003)
1st
CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT
“Crucifix”
in bronze by Venanzo Crocetti
2nd
CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT
Painting “S.
Maria Domenica Mazzarello” co-founder of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary
Help of Christians by Paolo Giovanni Crida
(1907/67)
“He renders
in a popular form an orderly and readable arrangement of interesting episodes
from the life of the saint. She appears in the center in a radiant halo
supported by angels. The commitment of the painter turns to a historical
documentation of the facts, illustrated with a minute and diligent realism with
no synthesis and abstractions” (Official Website of the Parish of St. John
Bosco - www.donboscoparrocchia.pcn.net)
2nd
ALTAR ON THE RIGHT
Painting “S.
Domenico Savio” student of Don Bosco by Mario Caffaro
Rore (1910/2001)
3rd
ALTAR ON THE RIGHT
Painting “St.
Joseph the Worker” by Emilio Notte (1891/1982)
MAIN ALTAR
Mosaic “Glory
of St. John Bosco with saints and blessed” by Giovanni
Brancaccio (1903/75)
It covers
an area of about 100 m² (1,100 square feet) with about 15 million tiles
Altar in
Carrara marble weighing about 10 tons (11 tons) by Father
Costantino Ruggeri (1925/2007)
The huge
block seems to break at the base to symbolize both the crack that opened in
Mount Calvary at the death of Christ, and the moment when Christ broke bread
during the celebration of the Eucharist
Tabernacle
with “Crucifixion with Angels” and “Bronze Candelabra” by Pericle Fazzini (1913/87)
Eight huge
marble bas-reliefs (four on each side) on the sides of the tabernacle with “Stories
of Don Bosco”, from bottom to top, by Alessandro
Monteleone (1897/1967), Luigi Venturini (1912/98), Francesco Nagni
(1897/1977) and Vico Consorti (1902/79)
Monumental “Candlestick”
in bronze for the Easter candle by Lyda Preti
SMALLER
DOME
24 windows
with “Seven Sacraments and Works of Mercy” engraved by Bruno
Saetti (1902/84)
Stained
Glass “Stories from the Life of Jesus” by Marcello
Avenali (1912/81) and Lorenzo Gigotti
(1908/94)
Ring at the
base with mosaic “Dreams of St. John Bosco” by Augusto
Ranocchi
CHAPEL OF
St. ANNE
Painting “St.
Anne with Madonna as a young girl and angels” by Lorenzo
Gigotti (1908/94)
1st
CHAPEL ON THE LEFT
“Baptismal
font” and “Angels” in bronze by Emilio Greco
(1913/95)
1st
ALTAR ON THE LEFT
Painting “Virgin
Help of Christians with Don Bosco, saints and boys' choir singers” by Gisberto Ceracchini (1889/1982)
In the
church there are also works by Attilio Torresini
(1884/1961), Primo Conti (1900/88) and other artists
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