Conférence 2024 Chiara

Conférence de Chiara Martini-Picot - Le Quartier du Vatican : du cirque de Néron à la basilique Saint-Pierre

Culture and tradition, History, Professional, Conference in Laizy
  • St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is probably one of the best-known and most visited places in the world.

  • We'll travel back in time, under the present-day basilica and in Vatican City, to find traces of an ancient circus, commissioned by the emperors Caligula and Nero.

    We'll retrace its history, linked to the cult of Saint Peter and the construction of the so-called "Constantinian" basilica (4th century).

    We'll go through the vicissitudes of the Middle Ages, to arrive at the Renaissance and the papal desire to give Christianity a larger, more modern basilica.
    A journey through several...
    We'll travel back in time, under the present-day basilica and in Vatican City, to find traces of an ancient circus, commissioned by the emperors Caligula and Nero.

    We'll retrace its history, linked to the cult of Saint Peter and the construction of the so-called "Constantinian" basilica (4th century).

    We'll go through the vicissitudes of the Middle Ages, to arrive at the Renaissance and the papal desire to give Christianity a larger, more modern basilica.
    A journey through several centuries in one of the most symbolic places in Christianity.
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  • On November 6, 2024 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
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