Calandrelli Tower

Calandrelli Tower

Calandrelli Tower The Collegio Romano was founded by St. Ignatius in 1551 in a modest house at the foot of the Campidoglio. In 1585, Pope Gregory XIII endowed a new magnificent site, and the institution quickly became the most important center of study for the Society...
Church of St. Ignatius (Model)

Church of St. Ignatius (Model)

Church of St. Ignatius (Model) Model of the Church of St. Ignatius, approximately as it would have been in the year 1870. Fr. Angelo Secchi SJ, director of the Observatory of the Roman College from 1848-1878, constructed an observatory on the roof of the church, with...