Piazzale dei Ss. Pietro e Paolo 8 - EUR
Begun in 1938, opened in 1955 by Arnaldo Foschini (1884/1968) with the collaboration of Tullio Rossi (1903/97), Costantino Vetriani (1895/1968) and Alfredo Energici (1894/?)
Height 72 m (236 feet)
DOME
In reinforced concrete covered with slate with a diameter of 28 m (92.8 feet)
It is the fourth wider dome in Rome after the Pantheon (43.3 m - 142.06 feet), St. Peter (42.56 m - 139.6 feet) and S. Giovanni Bosco al Quadraro (31 m - 101.7 feet)
ON TOP OF THE STAIRS
Statues “St. Peter” by Domenico Ponzi (1891 /?) and “St. Paul” by Francesco Nagni (1897/1977)
“The filled and swollen forms, featuring the careful modulation of the anatomical figures reveal the choice for a sculpture of architectural mass and plastic volume, which made Francesco Nagni one of the main artists of the celebrative tradition of the Fascist period, facilitating his early participation in the orbit of major public works” (Francesca Franco - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani)
HIGH-RELIEF ON THE FAÇADE
“The Handing oo the keys” and bronze portal by Giovanni Prini (1877/1958)
OTHER RELIEFS ON THE FAÇADE
Works by Alessandro Monteleone (1897/1967), Venanzo Crocetti (1913/2003) and Carlo Pini (1902 /?)
INTERIOR
Two “Ambos” in bronze by Duilio Cambellotti (1876/1960)
MAIN ALTAR
Sculpture “Christ Triumphant” by Attilio Selva (1888/1970)
“Crucifix” in bronze by Giuseppe Graziosi (1879/1942)
“Bronze doors of the tabernacle” by Ernesto Vighi (1894/1950)
DRUM OF THE DOME
Four marble reliefs with Evangelists: “St. Luke and St. Mark” by Francesco Coccia (1902/81), “St. John and St. Matthew” by Enrico Castelli (1890/?)
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