Decorative Arts
Hall of the Geese, Conservators’ Apartment, Capitoline Museums
The room's pictorial decorations date back to the mid-XVI century, during the papacy of Pope Paul III The frieze consists…
Great Hall, Palazzo Nuovo, Capitoline Museums
The hall of Palazzo Nuovo is certainly the most monumental environment of the entire Capitoline museum complex. The great central…
Private Apartments, Royal Villa of Monza
On the second floor there are the private apartments of the guests: the apartment of the Duchess of Genoa (mother…
Liturgical furniture collections, Milan Diocesan Museum
From the territory of the Ambrosian Diocese come all the pieces collected in the section dedicated to goldsmithery and liturgical…
The Stages, Teatro alla Scala
Piermarini, in designing the Scala, was inspired by the court theater of the Royal Palace of Caserta by Vanvitelli and…
Hall of Lost Steps, São Bento Palace
At the top of the Noble Staircase, the Sala dos Passos Perdidos, adjacent to the Sala das Sessões, functions as…
Relics and Reliquaries, Saint Roch Church Museum
Relics and reliquaries at the Church of São Roque in Lisbon is distinguished by an unparalleled collection of relics and…
Main Chapels and Altars on the north side, Church of Saint Roch in Lisbon
The plan of church is simple and spacious — a wide single nave, a shallow squared apse, virtually no transept,…
Chapels on both sides, Church of Saint Roch in Lisbon
Church of Saint Roch was the first Jesuit church to be designed in the "church-auditorium" style, specifically for preaching. It…
General Decoration, Church of Saint Roch in Lisbon
The decoration of the Igreja de São Roque is the result of several phases of activity throughout the 17th and…