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Via Trionfale is a Roman road that leads to and within Rome, Italy. [1] Formerly called Via Triumphalis , it was an ancient consular road that connected Rome to Veii . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The northern terminus of the road connects with the Via Cassia .
The Vatican Necropolis lies under the Vatican City, at depths varying between 5–12 metres below Saint Peter's Basilica.The Vatican sponsored archaeological excavations (also known by their Italian name scavi) under Saint Peter's in the years 1940–1949 which revealed parts of a necropolis dating to the Roman Empire. [1]
Situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill, the arch spans the Via Triumphalis, the route taken by victorious military leaders when they entered the city in a triumphal procession. [a] Dedicated in 315, it is the largest Roman triumphal arch, with overall dimensions of 21 m (69 ft) high, 25.9 m (85 ft) wide and 7.4 m (24 ft) deep. [1]
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The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the most well-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in ...
Visual Tour of the Raphael Rooms, with identifications of figures in frescoes Raphael Rooms' 360x180 degree panorama virtual tour The Vatican: spirit and art of Christian Rome , a book from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on the Raphael Rooms (pp. 111–123)
There is some belief amongst archeologists that the Via Cornelia did not exist and that the name is a mutilation of the name, Via Aurelia.This conjecture stems from the fact that the Via Cornelia is only mentioned in the itineraries and witnesses of the seventh and eighth centuries; for in those centuries the population of Rome decreased from approximately one and a half million to sixty ...
Pope Pius XI decree and conferment of Saint Therese of France to be Patroness of the gardens. The Leonine walls, 17 May 1927. Pope Pius XI designated Saint Therese of Lisieux, France as the official Patroness of the gardens on 17 May 1927, according to her the title as "Sacred Keeper of the Gardens" and within the same year, a small chapel dedicated to her was built within the gardens near the ...
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