St. Basil on Aventine Hill
September 22nd 2006 Today Davide took us to the church of St. Basil on Aventine Hill. It’s this remarkable church that is the only work of Piranesi that was executed during his lifetime. Davide had received special permission for us to look inside and it was so great! It used to be the headquarters of the Knights of Malta, a group very similar to the more popular (thanks, Dan Brown) Knights of Templar. The whole
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