Secret Rome - An Unusual Travel Guide by Ginevra Lovatelli (English) Paperback B

Secret Rome - An Unusual Travel Guide

by Ginevra Lovatelli, Adriano Morabito

Let Secret Rome guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Rome guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.

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Let Secret Rome guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Rome guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track.Now in it's 7th edition, Secret Rome features 140+ secret and unusual locations.Inside Secret Rome :Visit places closed to the public, admire exceptional works of art away from the tourist circuit, listen to a concert in a magnificent hidden oratory, have your dog or car blessed, puzzle over a rare catoptric meridian or a wonderful anamorphic fresco, discover the remarkable motorized Rubens, enter into the secrets of the Vatican, rediscover a lost Bernini masterpiece, say a prayer before an image of the Holy Face of Jesus like that deposited on the moon in 1968, organize a dinner for two in a private palace, protect your throat from the rigorous of winter ...Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Rome is still a reserve of well-concealed treasures only revealed to those who know how to wander off the beaten track, whether residents or visitors.An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Rome well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city.Don't miss - Each chapter of this Secret Rome travel guide book corresponds to a different part of the city so that one can always find a hidden or secret place to discover.Perfectly planned walks - Make sure that you do not miss any Secret location, by discovering each one featured in this guide by planning a walking tour of each part of the city.

Author Biography

Adriano Morabito is a Rome native who is still passionate about his city and its less well-known sites, began focusing his attention on urban speleology in 1999. He is one of the founders of "Roma Sotterranea," an association active in the exploration and study of underground tombs of historical and archaelogical interest: co Gradozzi is also a Rome native who still lives in the Campo Marzio district, Marco Gradozzi has a passion for archaelogy, photography, music and folk traditions. He has been an active participant in the "Roma Sotterranea" association since 2007.Ginevra Lovatelli is the author of the first version of this guide. She organizes original private tours to discover Rome. Website:

Table of Contents

CENTRE NORTHHendrik Christian Andersen Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Period elevator on the Pincio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18The Pincio water clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19The Dinner at ...mmaus in Santa Maria di Montesanto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21The artists' church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21The Trident: three routes for pilgrims to Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21The first known grotesques of the Renaissance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21The cannon ball of Viale della Trinita dei Monti fountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23The anamorphic frescoes of Trinita dei Monti convent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24What is anamorphosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Trinita dei Monti convent sundial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Casino Boncompagni Ludovisi (Dell'Aurora Ludovisi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Villa Maraini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33The breasts of Bernini's "Charity" and "Truth" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35The facade of Palazzo Zuccari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37The marble flood gauge of Porto di Ripetta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39The columns of Ripetta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Blessing of the throats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Why is Saint Blaise invoked to protect the throat? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Innumerable relics of Saint Blaise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43The ruins of Augustus' sundial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Poussin's tomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Miraculous waters of the Madonna del Pozzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Et in Arcadia ego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Arcadia: a taste of paradise? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Mass in Aramaic at Santa Maria Church in Campo Marzio . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51CENTRE WESTPiceni hospice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Palazzo Scapucci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Tomb of Saint Anicetus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Why is Via dei Soldati (Street of the Soldiers) so named? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Tour of the Angelica Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Private tour of Palazzo Sacchetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61The "sofas" on Via Giulia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63A failed project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Criminology Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Gonfalone oratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Monumental hall of the Vallicelliana Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69The library trapdoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69The secret rooms of Saint Philip Neri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Why does the facade of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri curve inwards? . . . 71Spiritual concerts in Chiesa Nuova sacristy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Saint Philip Neri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73Saint Philip Neri and the pilgrimage to the seven churches of Rome . . . . . 73The motorised Rubens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75The cover of the "Terrina" fountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Palazzo Pamphilj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Private tour of Palazzo Patrizi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Dinner for two in the Patrizi Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81The private chapel of Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83Cappella Spada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Saint Philip Neri's cell at San Girolamo della Carita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Hypogeum cemetery of Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte church . . . . . 87Esoteric symbols at Palazzo Falconieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89The Ouroboros: a symbol of divine illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92The optical illusion of the fountain in the Piazza Capodiferro . . . . . . . . . . 95The "noble floor" of Palazzo Spada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Monte di Pieta chapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Bees at the Casa Grande . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100Abandonment of a great palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100The abandoned infants bas-relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101CENTRE SOUTHCrypt of the papal entrails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104A hidden door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105A lay woman on a church facade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105The stag of Sant'Eustachio church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107Saint Eustace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Rose petals at the Pantheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Plaque condemning the "vile taverns and their loathsome ugliness" . . . . 109Scar on a marble column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111Accademia d'Armi Musumeci Greco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113The church of Sant'Ignazio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115The apartments of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115The monumental hall of Collegio Romano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Museo Athanasius Kircher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119Biblioteca Casanatense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120The hidden symbolism of Bernini's elephant-obelisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123The unrequited love of Lorenzo de' Medici: an inspiration for Poliphiloand Shakespeare? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124Poliphilo's Dream of the Strife of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125What does Hypnerotomachia mean? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125Flood plaques at the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva . . . . . . . . . . 126The oldest flood plaque in Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127122 commemorative flood plaques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Why were there such frequent floods? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Hidden symbolism of the tomb of Andrea Bregno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Small Arch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131Hidden message of the Holy Apostles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132Princess Isabelle's apartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135The Palazzo Colonna cannon ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135The holy face of Jesus at Santo Stefano del Cacco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137Berardi's water clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138The irregular facade of Palazzo Altieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139The boarded-up window at Palazzo Mattei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Why is it often windy in Piazza del Gesu? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141The piano nobile of Palazzo Mattei di Giove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Outline of the former ghetto fountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Inscription at Palazzo Manili . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Palazzo Costaguti's walled-up entrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150A palace of unsuspected magnificence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Marble slab stipulating the size of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Vestiges of the old fish market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151Monastero di Santa Francesca Romana di Tor de' Specchi . . . . . . . . . . . 153Cages of the wolf and the eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Hole in the facade of Santa Maria in Aracoeli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157The Hidden Treasures of Roman Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159THE VATICAN & SURROUNDING AREAThe Pope's railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163The Longinus Lance at Saint Peter's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165The lance that pierced the side of Christ on the Cross: a ferventlydisputed relic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165The veil of Veronica at Saint Peter's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167The extraordinary saga of Veronica's veil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167The cult of Christian relics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16821,441 relics for 39,924,120 years of indulgences! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169When saints are not so holy: Saint George, Saint Christopher,and Saint Philomena struck from the list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169Relics of the feathers of the Archangel Michael, the breath of Jesus,and even the starlight that guided the three Wise Men! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Acheiropoietic works of art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Indulgences: "As soon as the money clinks in the collection-box,the soul flies out of purgatory ." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Souls in Purgatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Symbols of motherhood on the high altar of Saint Peter's . . . . . . . . . . . .175Symbolism of the Fontanella delle Tre Tiare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Why are the keys a papal symbol? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Saint Peter's meridian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Passetto arches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Headquarters of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Restaurant la Veranda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183National Museum of the History of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185Monumental complex of Santo Spirito in Sassia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187The Italian clock of the Palazzo del Commendatore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189What is the origin of "Italian" clocks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189The foundlings' wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191What is a foundlings' wheel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Museum of the souls in purgatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Palazzetto Bianco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195The optical illusion of Via Piccolomini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195GIANICOLOBosco Parrasio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198The Accademia dell'Arcadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Arcadia: an esoteric taste of paradise? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Janiculum hill: The true location of Saint Peter's crucifixion? . . . . . . . . . 201The Via Garibaldi latrines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201Borromini's staircase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201San Pietro in Montorio's cannon ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Garibaldi: saviour of Tasso's bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203American Academy in Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205The facade of "Michelangelo's house" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206A statue facing the other way at the request of the Vatican . . . . . . . . . . 207Villa Lante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Monastery of Sant'Onofrio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210The cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem . . . . . . . . . . . 211Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211The belfry of San Giacomo alla Lungara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211Hermetic frescoes of Villa Farnesina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212Hermes trismegistus and hermetism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214The face at Villa Farnesina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217TRASTEVEREThe mechanism of the reliquary of Saint Francis' cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221The cloister of San Giovanni Battista dei Genovesi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223Why is John the Baptist the patron saint of Genoa? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223The cloisters of the Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225The forty-hour device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227Anatomy theatre of San Gallicano hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229Was Asclepius, god of medicine, behind the creation of Tiber island? . . . . . 229The excubitorium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231The church bell, San Benedetto in Piscinula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232The forgotten mosaics of Santa Maria in Trastevere church . . . . . . . . . . .233Vicolo dei Panieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234The old pharmacy of Santa Maria dela Scala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237AVENTINO - TESTACCIOThe Figures Missing from the Arch of the Moneychangers . . . . . . . . . . .241The holes in the Arch of the Moneychangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Traces of Judaism in the Roseto Comunale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Winning blooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243An American behind Rome's Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243The orange tree of Santa Sabina cloister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Napoleon on a 5th-century door! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245The Devil's stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247The oldest known Crucifixion scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247The hiding place of Saint Alexius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249The Order of Malta's keyhole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Gardens of the Knights of Malta priory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251The Order of Malta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253The Maltese cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255The meaning of the eight points in the Maltese cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Giovanni Battista Nolli: architect cartographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257Park of the Museo Ferroviario di Porta San Paolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259The mortuary chamber of Piramide di Caio Cestio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261The Protestant Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263LATERAN - COLOSSEUM - FORO - CELIOThe marks of Saint Peter's knees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Blessing motorists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Enrico Sturani's private collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269Titulus ...quitii below the basilica of San Martino ai Monti . . . . . . . . . . . . 271The Mithraic sanctuary of Circo Massimo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Other Mithraic sanctuaries in Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Mithraism - a fascinating ancient cult for initiates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276Christmas owes 25 December to the winter solstice and Mithraism ... . . . 277The hand on Via dei Cerchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Why is there a tower within the Circus Maximus? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279The table of Santa Barbara oratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Origin of the word "grotesque" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283The first known grotesque decoration of the Renaissance . . . . . . . . . . . 283Verbal abuse in Basilica San Clemente . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285The legend of Pope Joan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Game in the cloister of Santi Quattro Coronati basilica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289X-rated frescoes in St Stephen's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290Mithraeum under the church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291The urn of Clement XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293Nine Men's Morris or esoteric symbol? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294The triple enclosures of San Giovanni in Laterano cloister . . . . . . . . . . . 295Is the Ark of the Covenant really in Ethiopia? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296Private visit to the Sancta Sanctorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297The relic of Christ's Foreskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299More powerful than the Holy Foreskin, the Holy Umbilical Cord of Christ! . 299The INRI inscription at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300Can the True Cross be traced back to Adam,Solomon and the Queen of Sheba? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301Museo Storico dei Granatieri di Sardegna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303The baker's tomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305Hypogeum of the Aurelii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307The dust of the pillar of Santa Bibiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309QUIRINALE - TERMINI - MONTI - ESQUILINOCasino dell'Aurora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313Private visit: the side rooms of Casino dell'Aurora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313Pavilion of the Muses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313The statue of Stanislas Kostka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Divine Wisdom fresco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Hermetic fresco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Museo di Patologia del Libro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319The sundial of Santa Maria degli Angeli church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321How does a meridian work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323Why was 4 October followed immediately by 15 October in the year 1582?The measurement of time and the origin of the meridians . . . . . . . . . . . . 324The meridian of Santa Maria del Fiore: the highest meridian in the world . . 325Why were meridians installed in cathedrals? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325The boreal meridian of Santa Maria degli Angeli church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Where does the word "boreal" come from? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Anachronistic characters in the Santa Pudenziana mosaic . . . . . . . . . . 329Cross commemorating the abjuration of King Henry IV of France . . . . . . 330A statue to restore the French king's image in Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330A mass on 13 December in honour of France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331The square halo of Santa Prassede basilica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Why square halos? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Fish farm near Stazione Termini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335Blessing of the animals at Sant'Eusebio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Marquis Palombara's Porta Alchemica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339OUTSIDE THE CENTREVilla Madama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345VIGAMUS - Video-Game-Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347The cannon ball in the Aurelian Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348Guido Reno's painting of Saint Michael the Archangel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Ipogeo di Via Livenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351Barber's symbols at Porta Pia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352A visit to Villa Albani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355Bunker at Villa Ada Savoia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357Museo delle Forze Alleate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359Source of the Acqua Sacra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361Garden city of Montesacro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361Other springs in Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361Mussolini's bunkers at Villa Torlonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363Hidden sepulchres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363The Etruscan tomb of Villa Torlonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365Museo di Storia della Medicina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367Alfonso Tozzi's collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371Air-raid shelter in the EUR district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373Fresco at Villa Osio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374The three columbaria of Vigna Codini and the tomb of Pomponius Hylas . . 377Museo della Memoria Giocosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379The cistern of Via Cristoforo Colombo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381Museo delle Auto della Polizia di Stato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383Salvator Mundi by Bernini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385Jewish catacombs of Vigna Randanini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387Geodetic baseline on the Appian Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388Geodesy and triangulation: a discipline that led to the metre . . . . . . . . . 389Museum of Period Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Mausoleo di Monte del Grano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

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Let Secret Rome guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Rome guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. Now in it's 7th edition, Secret Rome features 140+ secret and unusual locations. Inside Secret Rome : Visit places closed to the public, admire exceptional works of art away from the tourist circuit, listen to a concert in a magnificent hidden oratory, have your dog or car blessed, puzzle over a rare catoptric meridian or a wonderful anamorphic fresco, discover the remarkable motorized Rubens, enter into the secrets of the Vatican, rediscover a lost Bernini masterpiece, say a prayer before an image of the Holy Face of Jesus like that deposited on the moon in 1968, organize a dinner for two in a private palace, protect your throat from the rigorous of winter ... Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Rome is still a reserve of well-concealed treasures only revealed to those who know how to wander off the beaten track, whether residents or visitors. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Rome well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city. Don't miss - Each chapter of this Secret Rome travel guide book corresponds to a different part of the city so that one can always find a hidden or secret place to discover. Perfectly planned walks - Make sure that you do not miss any Secret location, by discovering each one featured in this guide by planning a walking tour of each part of the city.

Details ISBN2361954168 Author Adriano Morabito Pages 400 Publisher Jonglez Year 2020 ISBN-10 2361954168 ISBN-13 9782361954161 Edition 7th Format Paperback Imprint Jonglez Place of Publication Paris Country of Publication France DEWEY 914.5632049312 Publication Date 2020-03-15 Series 'Secret' Guides Language English UK Release Date 2020-03-15 Edition Description 7th edition Audience General AU Release Date 2020-03-14

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• ISBN-13: 9782361954161
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• ISBN: 9782361954161
• Publication Year: 2020
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• Book Title: Secret Rome-An Unusual Travel Guide
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