Gian Paolo's Guide to Monti aerea
Churches and Museums
A few words on churches and museums I have visited a number of times and I keep on stopping by whenever I have the opportunity to do so. Not just places at hand if you stay in Monti neighborhood, but places where you can get deeply in touch with what living in Rome may mean to Romans...
The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is the most important and best preserved of Roman churches dedicated to the Madonna. It rises on top of the Esquiline Hill and is the only remaining example of early Christian architecture, even though it has over time been further embellished.
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Nhà thờ Cappella Sistina di Santa Maria Maggiore
Piazza di Santa Maria MaggioreThe Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is the most important and best preserved of Roman churches dedicated to the Madonna. It rises on top of the Esquiline Hill and is the only remaining example of early Christian architecture, even though it has over time been further embellished.
The church that we see today was built by St. Paschal I (817-824). The interior has three naves. The church, which can be admired for the splendid floor in the Cosmati style, preserves two masterpieces of the Roman Middle Ages: the mosaics of the triumphal arch of the apse and the Chapel of San Zenone.
The Chapel of San Zenone was constructed by Paschal I as a mausoleum for his mother Theodora. Located in the right nave of the church, in form of Greek cross, its vault is completely covered with gold mosaics. It is no wonder that it has been called the "Garden of Paradise": it is an area full of enchantment, the most exquisite mosaic chapel that exists in Rome whose architecture refers to the chapels of Ravenna.
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Santa Prassede
9/a Via di Santa PrassedeThe church that we see today was built by St. Paschal I (817-824). The interior has three naves. The church, which can be admired for the splendid floor in the Cosmati style, preserves two masterpieces of the Roman Middle Ages: the mosaics of the triumphal arch of the apse and the Chapel of San Zenone.
The Chapel of San Zenone was constructed by Paschal I as a mausoleum for his mother Theodora. Located in the right nave of the church, in form of Greek cross, its vault is completely covered with gold mosaics. It is no wonder that it has been called the "Garden of Paradise": it is an area full of enchantment, the most exquisite mosaic chapel that exists in Rome whose architecture refers to the chapels of Ravenna.
The Church is most widely known for a masterpiece of art. Since 1545, in the right transept, the Church has hosted a key work of sixteenth-century art − Michelangelo’s Moses. The statue was sculpted in 1513 to adorn the funereal monument commissioned by Julius II from Buonarroti.
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San Pietro in Vincoli
4/a Piazza di San Pietro in VincoliThe Church is most widely known for a masterpiece of art. Since 1545, in the right transept, the Church has hosted a key work of sixteenth-century art − Michelangelo’s Moses. The statue was sculpted in 1513 to adorn the funereal monument commissioned by Julius II from Buonarroti.