[ROME] ANGELS & DEMONS TOUR

Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

ROME: ANGELS & DEMONS TOUR

Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

THE MAP

Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

ITINERARY

The Sistine Chapel
Pantheon
Church of Santa Maria del Popolo
Chigi Chapel "Habacuc and the Angel" (Path of Illumination/Earth)
Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Cornaro Chapel "The Ecstasy of St. Teresa" (Path of Illumination/Fire)
St. Peter Square
Changing of the Guard and St. Peter's Square (Path of Illumination/Air)
Palace of Collegio Romano and Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola (Galileo)
Palace of the Inquisition and Basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva (Galileo)
Trevi Fountain
Fountain of the Four Rivers (Path of Illumination/Water)
Basilica of St. Maria degli Angeli
Passetto
St. Angel Castle
St. Peter Basilica

Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

THE SISTINE CHAPEL (VATICAN CITY)

Where the cardinals are sealed during the mysterious ritual of conclave. The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance.

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Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

PANTHEON

Site of painter Raphael grave. Circular temple dedicated to "All the Gods", rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian c.AD 120. Transformed into the Christian church Sta Maria ad Martyres in the Middle Ages. Tombs of Raphael and Victor Emmanuel II.

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Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

SANTA MARIA DEL POPOLO

The most important Early Renaissance church in Rome, famous for the Chigi Chapel designed by Raphael, the two Caravaggio masterpieces (Crucifixion of St. Peter and Conversion on the Way to Damascus) in the Cerasi Chapel and the Bernini statue of Habacuc and the Angel.

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Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

CHIGI CHAPEL "HABACUC AND THE ANGEL"
(Path of Illumination/Earth)

"Habakkuk and the Angel"
Chapel designed by Raphael
Angel pointing the way down the Path of Illumination (Bernini)
Chigi Chapel's pyramid tomb by Bernini
Skeleton cupermiento covering the "demon's hole" and subterranean crypt

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Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

SANTA MARIA DELLA VITTORIA

Santa Maria della Vittoria (St. Mary of the Victory) is a small baroque Basilica church in Rome, on Via XX Settembre. The masterpiece in the Cornaro Chapel, to the left of the altar, is Ecstasy of St. Teresa by Scipione's favored sculptor, Bernini.

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Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

THE ECSTASY OF SAINT THERESA
(Path of Illumination/Fire)

"…his great golden spear…filled with fire… plunged into me several times…penetrated to my entrails…a sweetness so extreme that one could not possibly wish it to stop."

St. Teresa

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Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

ST. PETER'S SQUARE
(Path of Illumination/Air)

Changing of the guard; "the Swiss Guards, the most loyal sentinels on earth"

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Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

TREVI FOUNTAIN

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Pincio · Aug 3, 2009

FOUNTAIN OF THE FOUR RIVERS
(Path of Illumination/Water)

In Bernini's fountain four male figures represent the main rivers of the four continents known back in the 17th Century: the Gange (Asia), Danube (Europe), Nile (Africa) and Rio de la Plata (Americas). An obelisk with dove atop stands tall over the fountain.

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Adrian12345Lugo · Aug 3, 2009

nice...

Pincio · Aug 4, 2009

PASSETTO
(Path of Illumination)

The secret passageway between Castle St. Angelo and the Vatican. The Passetto as it leaves the castle disguised as an aqueduct. Note: Access to the Passetto is temporarely closed to the public, but it can be seen from the outside.

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Pincio · Aug 4, 2009

ST. ANGEL CASTLE
(Path of Illumination - Illuminati Lair)

Castle St. Angelo and the placid Tiber River
Balcony atop Castle St. Angelo
Bernini's angelic "Breezy Maniacs" on the Bridge of Angels

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Pincio · Aug 4, 2009

ST. PETER BASILICA

The largest shrine on earth. St. Peter's has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world, holding 60,000 people. Catholic tradition holds that Saint Peter's tomb is below the altar of the basilica. For this reason, many Popes, starting with the first ones, have been buried there. As a work of architecture, it is regarded as the greatest building of its age.