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17/11/2024

Source: Vatican 🇬🇧 The Vatican Observatory, or Specola Vaticana, is a scientific research institute directly dependent on the Holy See. Its origins date back to the end of the 16th century, when in 1578 Pope Gregory XIII established a commission in which a predominant role was played by Fr. Cristoforo Clavio S.J., an astronomer and mathematician Jesuit of the Roman College, to prepare the reform to modify the calendar from the Julian to the Gregorian one, promulgated in 1582. The Specola operated inside the Vatican State in Rome City Center for just over 40 years, but in the early 1930s, the rise of electric lights and the urban growth of the Capital made the sky of Rome so bright that astronomers could not study the fainter stars. For this reason, Pope Pius XI ordered the Observatory to be moved to his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo.

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14/11/2024

🇬🇧 Did you know that the Colosseum was once a medieval fortress?
For centuries, we've admired the Colosseum as a symbol of ancient Rome and its gladiatorial contests. But did you know that during the Middle Ages, this iconic landmark was transformed into a stronghold for one of Rome's most powerful families?
The Frangipane family, a dominant force in 11th and 12th century Rome, claimed the Colosseum as their own, converting it into a formidable fortress. Their influence was so profound that they even changed the history of the city!

🏰 A stronghold of power: The Frangipane constructed a fortified walkway around the Colosseum, offering unparalleled views and protection.
A symbol of wealth: Their riches allowed them to dominate the city, but their actions were more motivated by personal gain than civic duty.
A tragic end: A devastating earthquake in 847 significantly damaged the Colosseum, causing the southern facade to collapse.
Recent excavations have unearthed fascinating new details about the Frangipane's occupation of the Colosseum, including the exact location of their fortified walkway and the extent of the damage caused by the earthquake.

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05/11/2024

🇬🇧 For many centuries the Chair of Saint Peter was considered the seat from which the apostle Peter preached in his episcopal function in Antioch and Rome.
The first proof of the cult of the Chair is found in the writings of Anthony of Padua, who tells how it was exposed to the people's worship in a sermon in 1231.
However, scholars debate its origin. According to some, the ivory panel would be much older, made in Egypt between the end of the III and the beginning of the IV Century. The decorative motifs on the panel, such as the lotus flowers, and the iconographic features of the scenes, would confirm the hypothesis.
These clues led to the recognition in the ivory panel of the backrest of the ancient throne of the Roman emperor: the sumptuous scranno was probably located in the imperial residence known as Domus Faustae, which Constantine left to Pope Miltiades in 313.
The throne would thus be inherited by the pontiff and would be used regularly thereafter. Only later, in the Thirteenth Century, the panel would be detached from the throne, since it was too damaged, and applied to that given by Charles the Bald.

🏰 But, what if the throne had "imperial" origins? According to Mario D'Onofrio, the artefact would be none other than the throne of Charlemagne, brought to Rome by the king himself not to give it to the pope but to attest his power and dominion acquired on the Eternal City.
The hypothesis would be supported by the fact that the ivory slabs are affixed on wooden boards in such a way as to form a diptych: it would have constituted the outer covering of an object of particular value, two silver plates worked in a cantilever and depicting the planimetries of Rome and Constantinople, remembered in the testament of Charlemagne as something very dear to him and left in his legacy to the St. Peter’s Basilica.

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31/10/2024

🇬🇧 If you are a lover of mystery and horror, on Halloween you must visit one of the most unknown churches in Rome.
Along the elegant via Giulia, between the Farnese arch and Palazzo Falconieri, it is impossible not to notice the small but curious Church of Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte, which certainly strikes everyone already by its name (which shows "death" in it).

In 1572, a brotherhood decided to buy a plot of land in the area of Via Giulia, where a small convent was consecrated in 1576 and expanded in 1700 when it was necessary to restore the facade that can still be admired today.

💒 In addition to the church, an oratory and a vast cemetery (where more than 8,000 bodies were laid!) were built, but almost completely destroyed in 1886 with the construction of the walls of the Tiber. Of the cemetery, however, there is still memory going down in the crypt where there is an environment used as an ossuary where literally everything - decorations, sculptures and even chandeliers - is made of bones and skeletons that in the Nineteenth Century served as a set for sacred representations that used to use life-size wax statues. It is also curious that the habit of indicating on the skulls, and precisely on the forehead, the year, the cause, and the place of death of each of the bodies found.

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24/10/2024

🇬🇧 As you can imagine, the St. Peter’s Basilica took quite a long time to build! In fact, this monster project took around a century to be finished!

The construction of the current basilica overlooking St Peter’s Square began on 18 April 1506 with Pope Julius II and ended in 1626, during the pontificate of Pope Urban VIII, while the arrangement of the square in front of it was completed only in 1667. On the same site, before the present basilica, there was another one dating from the 4th Century, built by the Roman emperor Constantine I. Obviously, during such a huge period, many architects succeeded in the works for the construction of the Basilica: Bramante with the collaboration of Giuliano da Sangallo, Raffaello, with the collaboration of Giuliano da Sangallo and Frà Giocondo, Antonio da Sangallo the Youth, with Baldassarre Peruzzi as a collaborator, Michelangelo, Pirro Ligorio and Jacopo Barozzi from Vignola, Giacomo Della Porta with Domenico Fontana, Carlo Maderno and finally Gian Lorenzo Bernini (since 1629).

🔎 One of St. Peter’s Basilica’s most famous features is its Dome. It is so big that you could fit the Statue of Liberty inside it alone. It actually hides a secret, such as all the Basilica: are the paintings really paintings? If a closer look is taken, it is possible to find out that they are actually mosaics! Some are made from glass, and others are ceramic. It’s a key reason why so many people use flash photography inside the Basilica – they won’t miss anything!
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19/10/2024

🇬🇧 After five years, the curtain is raised on the Apollo Belvedere. The panels of the restoration site were finally removed from the Octagon Courtyard, which, prolonged by the forced pause imposed by the pandemic, obscured the timeless beauty of one of the iconic sculptures of the Vatican Museums.
This masterpiece, dating back to the post-Hellenistic period (second half of the II century AD), was found in Anzio towards the end of the XV century, during the Renaissance, but has lived several movements before being placed in the Pio Clementino Museum in the Vatican Museums. The white marble statue represents the Greek god Apollo, who has just killed the serpent Python, a Ctonia deity native to Delphi, with the arrows of his bow. The muscles, still tense, suggest the effort that follows the battle against Python, while the curly hair falls back fluid on the neck and elegantly gathered on the head, surrounded by the strophium, an ornamental band symbolizing a deity or a king.

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11/10/2024

🇬🇧 The Capitoline Wolf, nowadays hosted at the Capitoline Museums, is an iconic bronze sculpture, dating back to possibly the 5th century BC (but scholars still discuss this information). The Wolf nursing Romulus and Remus became the symbol of Rome's founding myth. It, indeed, represents the city's founding legend and its enduring strength, being reproduced countless times throughout history and becoming a universal symbol of Rome and its rich heritage. The Wolf has played a pivotal role in shaping Roman identity and nationalism throughout history. As the centrepiece of the legend of Romulus and Remus, the animal has served as a tangible representation of Rome's origins. This connection to the city's founding myth has helped to instil a sense of pride and belonging among Romans. For this reason, Pope Sixtus IV donated the statue to the people of Rome in 1471, with the Capitoline Museums that have hosted the symbol ever since, to testify through centuries of the mythological origins of Rome.

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05/10/2024

🇬🇧 The Borghese Gallery is one of a kind among the Museums in Rome. Once a country house built to host the vast art collection of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nowadays it is home to some of the best pieces of works of Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Antonio Canova. In particular, two works are the flagship of this collection: the Paolina Borghese of Canova and the Abduction of Proserpina. Regarding Bernini's masterpiece, to get inspired for its creation the artist had access to a great deal of works from his time. His connections to Maffeo Barberini and Scipione Borghese in the early part of his career granted him access to the Vatican archives. Combined with Bernini's daily visits to the Vatican's collections as a child, and his tutelage under his father, Pietro Bernini, Gian Lorenzo would have had a great deal of sources of inspiration to draw from.

Bernini may have been inspired by Pietro da Barga's mediocre bronze Pluto and Proserpina, which features a Pluto holding a Proserpina parallel to himself and aloft, as well as a Cerberus at his feet. It was likely an attempted reconstruction of Praxiteles' bronze R**e of Proserpina, which has since been lost but was discussed in Pliny's Natural History. The same work discusses a lost bronze Bacchus statue from Praxiteles, which Michelangelo later reconstructed in marble. Therefore, despite the work's apparent poor quality, Bernini may have been following Michelangelo's lead and attempting to reproduce Praxiteles.

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26/09/2024

🇬🇧 At the end of the Spanish Steps is the famous Barcaccia by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. We are talking about one of the most incredible fountains in Rome: as a matter of fact, this was the first time that a fountain was conceived entirely as a sculptural work and not simply as a fountain for water. But why Barcaccia, which literally means “long boat”? According to a well-known popular belief, its particular form may have been inspired by the presence on the square of a boat in dryness, brought there by the flood of the Tiber of 1598. Others suggested that this place was formerly used as a small naumachia, or a place where teathrical naval battles took place. In both cases, the name “Barcaccia” refers to an old vessel that is close to sinking. Probably, it was called “barcaccia” a kind of boat which, in Ancient Rome, was used for the river transport of wine barrels, and which, very similar to the Berninis’ work, had low sides.

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19/09/2024

🇬🇧 During the excavations of Pompeii were found the remains of more than one thousand victims of the eruption of 79 A.D. During the first eruptive phase, the inhabitants who had not left the city in time were trapped in the environments invaded by pumice stones and lapilli or were hit by the collapse of the volcanic material which deposited up to a height of about three meters; Of these victims, only skeletons have been found. Subsequently, a pyroclastic flow, at high temperature, invaded Pompeii at great speed, filling the spaces not yet invaded by volcanic materials and causing the instant death to thermal shock of those who were still in the city. The bodies of these victims remained in the position in which they had been hit by the pyroclastic flow, and the solidified cineristic material preserved their imprint after decomposition.

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12/09/2024

🇬🇧 What does the inscription on the facade of the Pantheon mean? “M. Agrippa L. F. Cos. Tertium fecit” literally means that Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius Agrippa, built the Pantheon during the year of his third consulate. This inscription came from the first Pantheon built in Rome: the first version of this landmark was, in fact, built by Agrippa during the Empire of August, whose Agrippa itself was the son-in-law and a trusted general. The inscription we can see nowadays is part of the first Pantheon, burnt during two fires in 80 and 110 AD, and was reused by Emperor Hadrian during the 112-115 AD reconstruction to commemorate the first building.

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07/09/2024

🇬🇧 The St. Peter’s Square and Colonnade are, without any doubt, the biggest works commissioned by Pope Alexander VII. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, appointed by the Pope, carried out the square arrangement of the square between 1657 and 1667. As a symbol of the power of Alexander VII, on the top of the Colonnade, there is his Coat of Arms, representing the Chigi Family.
The most incredible particular of this Coat of Arms is the statue on its side: it represents St. Petronilla, the woman traditionally thought to be the daughter of St Peter whose rests were transferred to a nearby Chapel where Michelangelo’s Pietà was originally placed. Also, an interesting game of perspectives makes this statue very small if seen from below; actually, the statue is 3 meters tall

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04/09/2024

🇬🇧 The Colosseum is now almost 2000 years old. Many events have happened since then, including huge heartquakes. In particular, the most important one happened in 1349 in the region of Central Apennines. However, the particular “asymmetrical” skyline that has made the Colosseum a world-famous landmark and the symbol of Italy itself is a consequence of the particular type of subsoil on which it rests. Although it is not considered a city at high seismic risk, Rome can be affected by the most violent earthquakes generated even hundreds of kilometres away, since seismic waves can pass through loosely compacted soils and can result in an amplificated effect.
The southern part of the Colosseum, the one affected by the collapse, insists on a soft subsoil made of fluvial sediments: in fact, the amphitheatre rises in the depression of a semi-artificial pond that, fed by an ancient tributary of the Tiber, was placed in the centre of the gardens of Nero's Domus Aurea.
The northern part, on the other hand, rests on far more solid volcanic rock ground; in fact, in this point, the building has remained virtually intact.

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29/08/2024

🇬🇧 Inside the Vatican Museums is the School of Athen, a Rinascimental fresco by Raffaello. In this masterpiece, the artist depicted different philosophers and scholars, with the most famous ones in the middle: Plato and Aristotle.
However, the most laudable feature of this piece of art is that Raffaello decided to assign to some of those characters the faces of contemporary artists to reaffirm the modern artist's proud self-assertion of intellectual dignity.
In particular, we can see the picture of Heraclitus on the stairs in the guise of Michelangelo, the famous Sistine Chapel painter and Raffaello's colleague. The attention to detail in this masterpiece can be seen in the footwear of Michelangelo: he is wearing riding boots, a type of clothing cherished by the Tuscanian artist, to such an extent that a widespread belief even wanted him to go to sleep in boots. In the same fresco, we can see Raffaello himself on the right-bottom side of the wall, looking at the audience with a black hat on his head.

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25/08/2024

🇬🇧 A particular legend hovers inside Navona Square: according to tales, in the past, a witch decided to put a curse on the Fountain of the Four Rivers. The curse states that all lovers who turn counterclockwise around the fountain will break up within six days.
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21/08/2024

🇬🇧 August is the most Roman month of the year. In fact, it owes its name to Emperor Augustus. Formerly called sextilis, the month was renamed in the year 8 BC in Augustus' honour by the decision of the Senate of Rome. A common belief is that even the Italian name of August 15th, Ferragosto, derived from Augustus itself. The term Ferragosto could result from the Latin locution Feriae Augusti (Augustus' rest) indicating a holiday presumably instituted by the Emperor in 18 BC to be celebrated on August 1st and added to the other holidays falling in the same month; actually, the only ancient source to mention this is Aulus Gellius, who speaks of a series of summer holidays that ran from June 23rd to August 1st, dedicated to the grape harvest, but not to some break from work. However, the common belief created the word "Ferragosto" and the holiday was later moved to August 15th by the Catholic Church in the Seventh Century, when Pope Sergius I wanted to make the secular holiday coincide with the religious feast of the Assumption of Mary.
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16/08/2024

🇬🇧 In the Capitoline Museums, inside the Gladiator's Hall, stands the Statue of the Capitoline Gaul. This masterpiece celebrates the power and the pride of a warrior when defeat arrives. This piece of work, which is from the 3rd century BC, represents a barbarian, an enemy of both Greek and Roman civilization, who is dying after a glorious and honourable defeat. The deep meaning Greeks and Romans wanted to express through this statue is that the men battled great enemies and victory was impossible to reach in this case, but he battled the same in the best way possible to try to reach his goal despite the great obstacle.

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