Galleria Sciarra is a building in Rome, located in the Trevi district.
It constitutes a covered pedestrian walkway - private courtyard but open to the public during office hours - the entrances are in Via Marco Minghetti and Piazza dell'Oratorio.
The building was born between 1885 and 1888 as the extreme courtyard of the Sciarra Colonna palace in Carbognano.
The new gallery connected the spaces of his property and those of the publishing business he owned: the editorial office of the newspaper La Tribuna and subsequently of the literary magazine Cronaca Bizantina, which in that period even had Gabriele d'Annunzio as director.
The project was entrusted to the architect Giulio De Angelis, who was particularly attentive to the use of cast iron in new buildings.
The central room is rich in architectural scores and was painted by Giuseppe Cellini; the Art Nouveau decoration develops the iconographic theme of the "Glorification of woman", illustrating models of female virtues ("La Pudica", "La Sobria", "La Forte", "L'Umile", "La Prudente", "La Patient ”,“ La Benigna ”,“ La Signora ”,“ La Fedele ”,“ L'Amabile ”,“ La Misericordiosa ”,“ La Giusta ”) and representing scenes of bourgeois everyday life.
The vaulted roof is made of iron and glass.
It should be noted that, in the restoration carried out in the late 1970s, the building was completely emptied inside and rebuilt in reinforced concrete.
However, the pictorial decorations and iron structures were preserved.
In ancient times, in the area occupied by the gallery, there was the Porticus Vipsania, built by Vipsania Polla, sister of Marco Vipsanio Agrippa (who owned a villa nearby)
It is an obligatory stop that, too often, is ignored and that we at culturalheritageonline.com recommend to visit without hesitation.
The Sciarra Gallery
Address: Via Marco Minghetti, 10, 00187
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