St. MARGUERITE MARY ALACOQUE

S. MARGHERITA MARIA ALACOQUE

Via Antonio Carpanè 7 - Tor Vergata

2000/06 Italo Rota (1953) with collaborators Fabio Fornasari, Alessandro Pedretti and Massimiliano Beltrami

Italo Rota was also the architect, with Gae Aulenti, of the design of the exhibits of the Musée d'Orsay and of the Centre Pompidou in Paris

Visionary structure in blue panels

Originally it had a red cross on the front in the shape of a plus sign, which was then removed in response to criticism received because it would have made resemble too much the church to a medical facility

In the church is kept the liturgical furnishing of the World Youth Day of the year 2000, including the gigantic “Bronze Crucifix” by Stefano Pierotti (1964) of 6 x 4 m (20 x 13 feet) with a weight of 2 tons (2.2 tons)

HOTEL PALACE BOSCOLO

HOTEL PALACE BOSCOLO 

Via Vittorio Veneto 70

1924/27 Marcello Piacentini (1881/1960) with Giuseppe Vaccaro (1896/1970), from a project of the Swiss Emilio Vogt. Piacentini here was inspired by the French Art Nouveau. The original name was Albergo degli Ambasciatori

It reopened in 1995. Restoration in 2010 by Italo Rota (1953), who also, with Gae Aulenti, designed the display of the Museé d'Orsay and the Pompidou Centre in Paris

Frescoes in five large panels "Party with celebrities of the 1920s" 1926 by Guido Cadorin (1892/1976) friend of Gabriele D'Annunzio, for whom he also painted in the Vittoriale, D'Annunzio's home on Lake Garda