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Chiesa e Monastero di Sant'Apollonia (Book 8) (Map C3) (Day 6) (View D10) (Rione Trastevere)

In this page:
The plate by Giuseppe Vasi
Today's view
The Monastery
Palazzo Leoni
S. Margherita and SS. Rufina e Seconda
Palazzo Leopardi o Cavalieri

The Plate (No. 154)

Monastero e Chiesa di Sant'Apollonia

Vasi's views of Trastevere never show the elegant carriages which populate so many views of Via del Corso, they offer instead much more interesting details on the everyday life of the large majority of the population. The view is taken from the green dot in the 1748 map below. In the description below the plate Vasi made reference to: 1) S. Margherita; 2) S. Apollonia; 3) Palazzo Leoni. The small map shows also 4) S. Maria in Trastevere; 5) SS. Rufina e Seconda; 6) Palazzo Leopardi.

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Today

The view today

It takes a while to realize that this view is the same as the plate, because the name of the square is apparently all that is left of the Monastery of S. Apollonia.

The Monastery (what's left)

What's left

The thickness of the walls and a sign of the decoration show that the apparently anonymous building is part of the Monastery.

Palazzo Leoni

The Palace

Piazza S. Apollonia opens on Via della Lungaretta (the high street of Trastevere) and from the square one can see the bell tower of S. Maria in Trastevere. The image above shows the sunny side of Palazzo Leoni in Piazza S. Maria di Trastevere and one of its windows.

S. Margherita and SS. Rufina e Seconda

The Church

The church of S. Margherita, unlike S. Apollonia was not modified and it retains its late XVIIth century façade designed by Carlo Fontana. The monastery of S. Margherita is adjoined by another monastery dedicated to SS. Rufina e Seconda. The church of this latter monastery is inside the building and from the street the viewer can only see its XIIth century bell tower.

Palazzo Leopardi

The Palace

Palazzo Leopardi in Piazza S. Maria in Trastevere is also known as Palazzo Cavalieri after the name of the family which once owned the building. It was built in the XVIth century but the decoration of the portal was added in the XVIIIth century.

Excerpts from Giuseppe Vasi 1761 Itinerary related to this page:


Chiesa e Monastero di s. Margherita
Da D. Giulia Colonna fu edificata questa chiesa, ed il monastero l'anno 1564. per le religiose del terzo Ordine di s. Francesco, e poi dal Card. Gastaldi fu rinnovata la chiesa con disegno di Carlo Fontana. Nell'altare maggiore vi è la s. Titolare dipinta da Giacinto Brandi, e la volta fu fatta da un frate Francescano; i laterali però sono del Cav. Ghezzi; il s. Francesco è del Baciccio, e la s. Orsola, di Gio. Paolo Serveri. Si vede quì incontro la
Chiesa e Monastero di s. Appollonia
Prima dell'anno 1300. Paluzza Pierleoni gentil donna Romana aveva quivi una casa, in cui viveva sotto la regola del terz'Ordine di s. Francesco, insieme con altre pie donne, e vi seguitarono poi altre donne col medesimo tenor di vita fino al Pontificato di s. Pio V. il quale però le ridusse a clausura, e a professione solenne; dipoi nel 1669. essendovi unite le suore, che erano presso s. Giovanni delle Muratte, edificarono la loro chiesa in onore di s. Appollonia, e l'ornarono di alcune pitture. Quindi prendendo la strada a sinistra della suddetta chiesa di s Margherita, evvi il
Monastero e Chiesa delle ss. Ruffina e Seconda
Per quello, che si legge di questa piccola chiesa, fu quì la casa di queste due sante Vergini e Martiri, e che alle medesime furono quivi nell'anno 1153. consagrati due altari da Anastasio IV., e poi da Clemente VIII. Furono rinnovati insieme colla chiesa. Nell'anno 1600. fu conceduta dal Capitolo di s. Maria in Trastevere ad alcune donne forestiere, le quali ristaurarono la chiesa, e vi fecero una comoda abitazione, in cui vivono religiosamente senza voti, e senza clausura, dicendosi oblate Orsoline.

Next plate in Book 8: Chiesa e Monastero della Purificazione
Next step in Day 6 itinerary: Spedale di S. Gallicano