Seehausen´s Travels The World 2008 - 2015: Rom - 2 af 2

Vi er hoppet af bussen og har nu sat kurs imod Victor Emanuel-monumentet

Der var en fantastisk udsigt fra taget af

Der var også en god udsigt længere nede fra

Vi er ret vilde med kirker og ikke mindst Roms kirker er fantastiske, her er vi taget ind i Santa Maria In Aracoeli, som er virkelig smuk

The Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (Saint Mary of the Altar of Heaven) stands atop the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. It is the dedicated church of the Roman City Council (Senatus Populusque Romanus, SPQR) and it stands next to the National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II.

During the reign of Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, adopted nephew of Gauis Julius Caesar, the Tiburtine Sibyl prophesied that “Soon from the sky will descend the King of ages.” Augustus built an altar called Ara Coeli or the Altar of the Heavens at the site. Indeed, Jesus Christ was born during the reign of Augustus.

The Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli is built over the site of Augustus’ Ara Coeli. Images of Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl are painted in the arches over the main altar. Among the other sights in this basilica are a colossal statue of Pope Gregory XIII to whom we owe the Gregorian Calendar, and a stained glass window of the Holy Spirit.

The greatest treasure of the basilica is, however, a wooden statue of the infant Jesus, carved in the 15th century of olive wood from the Garden of Gethsemane. The original statue was stolen in 1994 and never recovered. The image now displayed in the basilica is a copy.

Statue of Pope Gregory XIII