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San Rocco Hospital (Rome)
The Hospital of San Rocco at Porto di Ripetta, also known as ''Ospedale delle Celate'', was a hospital in Rome (Italy) built by the Archconfraternity of hosts and boatmen, which also managed the San Rocco, Rome, church of San Rocco all'Augusteo. It was rebuilt on the same site at the end of the 18th century]and served as a hospital until 1892. The building was demolished in the 1930s to make room for the current Piazza Augusto Imperatore (Rome), Piazza Augusto Imperatore. History On 1 June 1499, with the bull ''Cogitantes humanae conditionis'', Pope Alexander VI recognized the right of the St. Roch Confraternity, Archconfraternity of hosts and boatmen, based at Ripetta, to build a church, an oratory and a hospital on a plot of land close to the Mausoleum of Augustus and to dedicate them to the patron Saint Roch. The hospital was built next to the church. The building rose in a working-class, densely populated neighborhood. A group of cabins, superimposed on each other and perched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giambattista Nolli
Giambattista Nolli (or Giovanni Battista) pril 9, 1701 – July 3, 1756 was an Italian architect and surveyor. He is best known for his ichnographic plan of Rome, the ''Pianta Grande di Roma'' which he began surveying in 1736 and engraved in 1748, and now universally known as the Nolli Map. The map is composed of 12 copper plate engravings that together measure by . It was produced and published in response to the commission of Pope Benedict XIV to survey Rome in order to help create demarcations for the 14 traditional ''rioni'' or districts. It was by far the most accurate description of Rome produced to date at a time when the architectural achievement of the Papacy was in full flower. Biography Born in 1701 in Castiglione d'Intelvi (Como), he moved to Rome thanks to the patronage of members of the patrician Albani and Corsini families. As an architect, he worked on the churches of Sant'Alessio on the Aventine Hill (1743) and Santa Dorotea in Trastevere (1751–175 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
