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The Gardens of Maecenas, or Horti Maecenatis, constituted the luxurious ancient Roman estate of Gaius Maecenas, an Augustan-era imperial advisor and patron of the arts. The property was among the first in Italy to emulate the style of Persian gardens . [ 1 ]
Instead, on the intersection with via Mecenate is the Auditorium of Maecenas, a nymphaeum part of the Gardens of Maecenas. Other institutions on the route include the Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale and the Pontifical University Antonianum. The ancient church of San Matteo in Via Merulana was destroyed in 1810.
Items later found in the gardens include: the Obelisco Sallustiano, a Roman copy of an Egyptian obelisk which now stands in front of the Trinità dei Monti church in the Piazza di Spagna at the top of the Spanish Steps; the Borghese Vase, discovered there in the 16th century. the sculptures known as the Dying Gaul and the Gaul Killing Himself ...
Maecenas sited his famous gardens, the first gardens in the Hellenistic-Persian garden style in Rome, [citation needed] on the Esquiline Hill, atop the Servian Wall and its adjoining necropolis, near the gardens of Lamia. It contained terraces, libraries, and other aspects of Roman culture.
The first church on the site dated to at least the year 1008, [2] and in 1198 was given the honor of being named a papal chapel. [3] Canons of the collegiate church are mentioned in the fourteenth century [4] and at around the same time it served as the chapel for the procurators of the Audientia, [5] a predecessor body to the Apostolic Signatura.
The tower gained the popular nickname of "Nero's Tower" from a tradition that it originated as an ancient Roman construction from which the emperor Nero watched the Great Fire of Rome – this is derived from the classical account that he watched from a tower in the Gardens of Maecenas, though more trustworthy accounts place him out of town, at Antium at the time.
The Church of Sacro Cuore was established as a Deaconry on 5 February 1965 by Pope Paul VI, in anticipation of his creating twenty-seven new cardinals on 28 February 1965. [ 7 ] Maximilien de Fürstenberg ( pro hac vice to title for a Cardinal Priest ) (26 June 1967 – 22 September 1988)
format: Location: Piazza Euclide 34, Rome: Country: Italy: Denomination: Roman Catholic: Tradition: Roman Rite: History; Status: Titular church, minor basilica: Dedication: Immaculate Heart of Mary: Consecrated: 1936: Architecture; Architect(s): Armando Brasini: Architectural type: Church: Style: Neoclassical: Groundbreaking: 1923: Completed: 1952: Specifications; Length: 81: Width: 57 ...