Roman art – Maurizio Rome Guide

The Pontifical Virtues

The seven pontifical virtues are: Three theological virtues (concerning God): Faith (white), Hope (Green) and Charity (Red); Four cardinal virtues (related to the human soul and enunciated by Plato): fortitude, justice, prudence and temperance (moderation). Allegories are personifications of ideas, virtues and vices commonly used in the universal artistic language of painting and sculture

Forum of Peace

In 70-75 AD. at the end of the civil wars for the succession to the Empire and the bloody repression of the Jewish revolt, the Emperor Vespasian built a sanctuary dedicated to Peace called the Forum of Peace consisting of a large square with porticoes. The complex became part of the five Imperial Forums, theContinue reading “Forum of Peace”

The Square Colosseum of Rome

The building in the picture is commonly known by Romans as the ‘Square Colosseum’. The real name is ‘Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana’ and is located in the EUR neighborhood, a district with modern buildings recalling ancient monumentality. It was started by Italy’s dictator Benito Mussolini in the 1930s with the aim of hosting ‘Rome’s UniversalContinue reading “The Square Colosseum of Rome”

S. Paul Outside The Walls

It is one of the four major basilicas of Rome and the only one located outside the ancient walls. It was originally built by the Emperor Constantine by the Necropolis (city od the dead) of Via Ostiense, on the burial place of the Apostle Paul who had been condemned to be decapitated at the currentContinue reading “S. Paul Outside The Walls”