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St Peter in Chains Wheelchair Accessible Tours
The Church of St Peter in Chains wheelchair accessible tours or as Italians call it San Pietro in Vincoli stands at the north-western end of the Esquiline Hill.
In a position very close to the Domus Aurea.
It is an area formerly elegant and full of domus, but on the right side of the church the hill slopes almost vertically towards the popular districts of Argileto and Suburra.
It is also called the Eudossian Basilica from the name of the founder, Licinia Eudossia.
It is famous for the tomb of Pope Julius II Della Rovere, with Michelangelo Buonarroti’s Moses.
It was built in 442, near the Tito Therme on the Esquiline Hill, by the daughter of Theodosius II and wife of Emperor Valentinian III, in place of a previous place of worship called Titulus Apostolorum.
A domus dating back to the III century has been identified under the current church.
Later was demolished in the second half of the IV century, to make way for a spacious church with a basilica plan dedicated to the Apostles.
Owned by the Presbyter Philip, papal legate appointed by Pope Celestine I at the Council of Ephesus in 431, the which in a text mentions it with the name of Ecclesia Apostolorum.
The original church fell into ruin for unknown reasons, but Filippo, with the help of Licinia Eudossia, had it rebuilt while maintaining the same dimensions, approximately 28 x 60 meters.
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In the right transept, you can admire the very famous Mausoleum which must have been the wall tomb of Pope Julius II.
The pontiff commissioned Michelangelo to do the work in 1505, but it was interrupted several times and it was completed only in 1545, or 32 years after the death of Julius II.
Michelangelo‘s initial project was much larger and was actually intended for the Vatican Basilica.
The sculptor had planned more than 40 statues, which were to form a pyramid-shaped complex in honor of the pope.
The version we see today, after 6 modifications, includes 7 statues, of which only one, the famous Moses, by Michelangelo.
It is considered one of the highest works of Renaissance sculpture.
Is 2 m and 35 cm high.
The statue, which was initially sculpted in a frontal position, 25 years after its completion, was modified by Michelangelo.
He turned his gaze to the left apparently to take his eyes off the chains of Peter.
To accomplish the miraculous twist of the statue, he reduced his left knee to bend the leg back and turned his beard to the right for lack of marble to the left.
The nose was made from the left cheek.
Inside the Basilica, you can admire, in addition to Moses, also paintings works by Guercino, Domenichino and Pomarancio.
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