Monument to Pope John Paul II, Rome
Presso Stazione Termini, Roma, Italia
The monument to Pope John Paul II in Rome was installed in May 2011 at Piazza dei Cinquecento, near the main railway station of Rome – Roma Termini. A sketch for the pontiff's monument was designed by sculptor Oliviero Rainaldi. The sculpture is made in the spirit of modernism. When the Vatican ...
Monument to Seismit Doda, Rome
Piazza Benedetto Cairoli, 00186 Roma, Italia
Monument to Federico Seismit-Doda in Rome is located on Piazza Benedetto Cairoli. This bronze statue was created by the master Eugenio Maccagnani to honor famous secretary and politician of the 19th century – Federico Doda. This sculpture can be found in a quiet and beautiful park, near a fountain ...
Monument to Saint Francis of Assisi, Rome
Piazza di Porta San Giovanni, 00185 Roma, Italia
In 1927, a monument to Saint Francis of Assisi, by the sculptor Giuseppe Tonnini, was opened in the square of Porta San Giovanni to honour 700'th anniversary of his death. Francis of Assisi is a Catholic Saint who founded a monastic order now named after him – the Franciscan Order.
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Monument to Pietro Metastasio, Rome
Piazza della Chiesa Nuova, 00186 Roma, Italia
There is a monument to genius Italian playwright named Pietro Metastasio set on Piazza della Chiesa Nuova at Santa Maria in Vallicella, an Oratorian church. Adopted by a poet Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, this little orphan grew into an outstanding maestro of dramaturgy thanks to his talent. Pietro ...
Monument to Giuseppe Mazzini, Rome
Piazzale Ugo La Malfa, 00153 Roma, Italia
Monument to the Italian politician and leader of the movement for national liberation Giuseppe Mazzini is located in the territory of the Ugo La Malfa, on the Aventine hill in Rome. The first stone in the foundation of the monument was laid as early as 1922, but in view of historical events, the ...
Statue of Cola di Rienzo, Rome
Piazza Campidoglio, 00186 Roma, Italia
On the slope of Capitoline Hill, near the Basilica of Santa Maria of the Altar of Heaven, you can see a monument to a man in a hood that stretches out his hand over the city. It is a statue of the tribune Cola di Rienzo – a prominent and highly controversial personality, who contributed to the ...
Monument to Camillo Cavour, Rome
Piazza Camillo Cavour, Roma, Italia
At the famous Piazza Cavour in Rome there is a monument dedicated to a man in whose honor the square was named. Count Camillo Benso di Cavour was the Prime Minister of the Sardinian Kingdom and the first Prime Minister of Italy. The role of this politician was exceptional in the history of the ...
Ossuary Garibaldino Mausoleum, Rome
Via Garibaldi 29, 00153 Roma, Italia
The Ossuary Garibaldino Mausoleum in Rome is located on the hill of Janiculum, on Garibaldi Street. The tomb was designed by the architect Giovanni Jacobucci and after two years of painstaking work it was gloriously opened in 1941. From April to July 1849 there was a courageous confrontation under ...
Spire of Pius IX, Rome
Piazza di San Bartolomeo all'Isola, 00186 Roma, Italia
The monument “Spire of Pius IX” is located on the Tiber Island in Rome, in the Basilica of St. Bartholomew. The spire was built by order of the very pontiff Pius IX in front of the church in 1869. The Tiber Island itself shaped like a boat that had an obelisk instead of a mast rising above it for a ...
Santa Caterina Statue, Rome
Piazza Pia, Roma, Italia
Santa Caterina Statue is a monument built to honor Saint Catherine of Siena, who was canonized in 1461. It is located in the central part of the city, on Tiber’s shore, in the Adriano park. The monument consists of an 8-meter high statue made of white marble and four bas-reliefs. The saint is ...
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