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Comment: The Tempietto of San Pietro in Montorio is a small commemorative martyrium built by Donato Bramante, possibly as early as 1502, in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio. It is considered a masterpiece of High Renaissance architecture. After spending his first years in Milan, Bramante moved to Rome, where he was recognized by Cardinal Guiliano della Rovere, the soon-to-be Pope Julius II. One of Bramante's earliest commissions, the "Tempietto" is one of the most harmonious buildings of the Renaissance. It is meant to mark the traditional spot of St. Peter's martyrdom. With all the transformations of Renaissance and Baroque Rome that were to follow, it is hard to sense now what an apparition this building was in beginning of the sixteenth century. It is almost a piece of sculpture, for it has little architectonic use. Despite its small scale the construction has all the grandeur and rigorous conformity of a Classical building. Perfectly proportioned, it is composed of slender Doric columns, a Doric entablature modeled after the ancient Theater of Marcellus, and a dome. According to an engraving in Sebastiano Serlio's Book III, Bramante planned to set it in within a colonnaded courtyard, but this plan was never executed.
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S.PietroInVincoli_1 * San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) is a basilica in Rome, best known for housing Michelangelo's statue Moses. The Basilica Eudoxiana was first built in 432-440 to house the relic of the chains that bound Saint Peter while imprisoned in Jerusalem. According to legend, when Empress Eudoxia (wife of Emperor Valentinian III) gifted the chains to Pope Leo I; legend holds that while he compared them to the chains of St. Peter's first imprisonment in the Mamertine Prison in Rome, the two chains miraculously fused together. The chains are kept in a reliquary under the main altar in the basilica. The basilica underwent several restorations and rebuildings, among them a restoration by Pope Adrian I, rebuilding by Pope Sixtus IV and by Pope Julius II. There was also a renovation in 1875. The front portico, attributed to Baccio Pontelli, was added in 1475. The cloister (1493-1503) has been attributed to Giuliano da Sangallo. * 2048 x 1536 * (1.68MB)

SanBartolomio_2 * San Bartolomeo all'Isola is a basilica church in Rome, founded at the end of the tenth century by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor. It contains the relics of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, and is located on Tiber Island, on the site of the former temple of Aesculapius, which had cleansed the island of its ill-repute and established its reputation as a hospital, continued today. Emperor Otto built this church, which was initially dedicated to Adalbert of Prague, friend of Otto. It was renovated by Pope Paschal II in 1113 and again in 1180, after its rededication upon the arrival of the relics of the apostle Bartholomew. The relics were sent to Rome from Benevento, where they had arrived from Armenia in 809. The relics are located within an ancient Roman porphyry bath with lions' heads, under the main altar. The marble wellhead (puteale) bears the figures of the Savior, Adalbert and Bartholomew and Otto III. The church was badly damaged by a flood in 1557 and was reconstructed, with its present Baroque fasade, in 1624, to designs of Orazio Torriani. Further restorations were undertaken in 1852. The interior of the church preserves fourteen ancient Roman columns and two lion supports that date from the earliest reconstruction of the basilica. In 2000, it was dedicated by John Paul II to the memory of the new martyrs of the twentieth and twenty-first century. This memorial is taken care of by the Community of Sant'Egidio, who also painted the icon on the main altar. * 3072 x 2304 * (3.17MB)

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SantaCuoreDel Suffragio_03 * Sacro Cuore del Suffragio - Sacred Heart of Suffrage 12 Lungotevere Prati 00193 Roma Tel. 06 68 80 65 17 / 06 68 695 261 Church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. History The church was built for the Association of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by the Bishop of Marsiglia. The association was officially recognized by Pope St Pius X in 1913. Construction started in 1894, to Giuseppe Gualandi's design. The church was consecrated on 1 November 1917, in the pontificate of Benedict XV. The purpose of the church and the association is to give aid to the souls in Purgatory. It is a parochial church,. served by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Exterior The church is in the Neo-Gothic style, and was constructed in reinforced concrete. To the right of the church is the residence of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Also annexed to the church is the Museum of Purgatory. Interior The nave has three aisles, each ending in an apse. They are divided by quatrifoil pillars. The design gives the impression of more space than there actually is. * 2304 x 3072 * (1.13MB)

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