Basilica of John & Paul

Rome - Case Romane

Folder: Roman Empire
The Case Romane del Celio (Roman houses on the Caelian Hill) are located on the Clivo di Scauro between the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus in Rome. They lie below the Basilica of Saints John and Paul on the slopes of the Caelian Hill.
They represent one of the most fascinating subterranean spaces in Rome due to their extremely well conserved frescoed rooms and because of the artistic and religi…  (read more)

18 May 2019

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Basilica of John & Paul

Built over the Roman houses it towers above Clivo di Scauro, Rome.

18 May 2019

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Clivo di Scauro

The road in Rome where the houses are located. Case Romane (Roman Houses), Rome, Italy.

18 May 2019

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Entrance

Case Romane (Roman Houses), Rome, Italy.

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Case Romane Layout

The rooms in the Case Romane complex. Case Romane (Roman Houses), Rome, Italy.

18 May 2019

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Medieval Oratory

The Oratory of the Holy Saviour was built in the Middle Ages in one of the rooms of the portico of the insula. In the tiny space there are still Christian frescoes which can be dated to the ninth century. Case Romane (Roman Houses), Rome, Italy.

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Shop (Bottega)

This was originally one of several shops located on the ground floor of the insula looking out of the portico. Each shop was furnished with a storage room in the back. In a corner, the base of the support for a staircase from this building phase is still visible. Case Romane (Roman Houses), Rome, Italy.

18 May 2019

37 visits

Room of the Genii

The room of the genii (a genius being a sort of guardian spirit which, according to Roman mythology, every person and place was believed to possess) was involved in the building transformations of the second phase during the third century, transformed from its original shop storage function into an elegant room that led into an interior courtyard, referred to as nymphaeum. Today this opening is closed off by the foundation wall of the basilica. Case Romane (Roman Houses), Rome, Italy.

18 May 2019

70 visits

Room of the Genii

The room of the genii (a genius being a sort of guardian spirit which, according to Roman mythology, every person and place was believed to possess) was involved in the building transformations of the second phase during the third century, transformed from its original shop storage function into an elegant room that led into an interior courtyard, referred to as nymphaeum. Today this opening is closed off by the foundation wall of the basilica. Case Romane (Roman Houses), Rome, Italy.

18 May 2019

40 visits

Room of the Imitation Marble

This is called the room of the imitation marble due to the colourful decorations dating from the beginning of the fourth century AD which simulate a marble covering of opus sectile. The altar shown above is evidence of the late nineteenth century activity by popes and by the Passionist community of the Basilica of Saints John and Paul. Case Romane (Roman Houses), Rome, Italy.
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