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San Nicola Da Tolentino, Rome
:''Not be confused with the church of San Nicolò da Tolentino in Venice, the Basilica di San Nicola in the town of Tolentino in the province of Macerata, or the Oratorio di San Nicola da Tolentino in Vicenza.'' San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani (Italian: Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in the Gardens of Sallust) is a church in Rome. It is referred to in both Melchiori's and Venuti's guides as ''San Niccolò di Tolentino'', and in the latter it adds the suffix ''a Capo le Case''. It is one of the two Roman national churches of Armenia. The church was built for the Discalced Augustinians in 1599, and originally dedicated to the 13th century Augustinian monk, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (also called ''San Niccolò'' or ''Nicolò da Tolentino''). History The interior was refurbished during 1614–1620 by Carlo Buti and Martino Longhi, supported by patronage by the Pamphilj family. The Milanese architect Francesco Buzio was also involved in the redesign. Starting in 165 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevi (rione Of Rome)
Trevi is the 2nd ''Rioni of Rome, rione'' of Rome, identified by the initials R. II, located in Municipio I. The origin of its name is not clear, but the most accepted theory is that it comes from the Latin ''trivium'' (meaning "three streets"), because there were three streets all leading to the current Piazza dei Crociferi, a square next to the modern Trevi Fountain, Trevi square. Its coat of arms is made of three swords on a red background. History This rione, during the Roman republic belonged to the third region, while during the Roman empire was split up into two 14 regions of the Augustan Rome, regions: the VI, called ''Alta Semita'' and the VII, called ''via Lata''. During the ancient Roman period, in rione Trevi there were large groups of private houses with some monumental buildings. Since that time the area was actually split up into two parts: a lower one, level and next to the river Tiber, and a higher one on the hills. The first one was one of the center of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardens Of Sallust
The Gardens of Sallust ( la, Horti Sallustiani) was an ancient Roman estate including a landscaped pleasure garden developed by the historian Sallust in the 1st century BC. It occupied a large area in the northeastern sector of Rome, in what would become Region VI, between the Pincian and Quirinal hills, near the Via Salaria and later Porta Salaria. The modern rione is now known as Sallustiano. History The horti in ancient Rome Lucullus started the fashion of building luxurious garden-palaces in the 1st century BC with the construction of his gardens (''horti'') on the Pincian Hill. The ''horti'' were a place of pleasure, almost a small palace, and offered the rich owner and his court the possibility of living in isolation, away from the hectic life of the city but close to it. The most important part of the ''horti'' was undoubtedly the planting, very often as topiary in geometric or animal shapes. Among the greenery there were often pavilions, arcades for walking away from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
