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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Rome, Lazio, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1601-1641 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Italian)en_US
dc.date1601-1641en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-22T16:24:46Z
dc.date.available2014-12-22T16:24:46Z
dc.date.issued1601-1641en_US
dc.identifier254084en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3044en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/169723
dc.descriptionDoorway into former convent complex; probably rebuilt 1859; The building was founded as a Dominican monastery (convento) for young ladies of nobility by Francesca Orsini in 1601. The cloister was dedicated in 1613; the architect is unknown. The official title for the church and monastery is La Chiesa della Santa Maria Asunta al monastero dell’Umiltà. The convent expanded to take up the entire city block bounded by the Via dell'Umiltà, Vicolo del Monticello, Piazza della Pilotta and Via dell'Archetto. The convent continued for some 200 years until it was suppressed under Napoleon. After his defeat, the Church regained control of the property which was administered by the Congregation De Propaganda Fide. In 1859, Pope Pius IX gave the property to the American bishops who established the North American College on December 7, 1859. The College outgrew the building and has built another campus in Rome, but the Casa is still used to house clergy studying for graduate degrees. Source: Pontifical North American College [website]; http://www.pnac.org/ (accessed 7/26/2014)en_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectCatholic Churchen_US
dc.subjectSeventeenth centuryen_US
dc.titlePontifical North American College; Casa Santa Mariaen_US
dc.title.alternativeCasa Santa Mariaen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-I-R-PNAC-A01en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecollegeen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Italian)en_US


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