The American Express Pocket Guide to Rome [antikvár]

How to use this book The American Express Pocket Guide to Rome is an encyclopaedia of travel information, organized in the sections listed on the previous page. There is also a comprehensive index (pages 212-220), accompanied by a gazetteer (pages 221-224) of the most important streets shown in the full-colour maps at the end of the book. For easy reference, all major sections (Sights and places of interest, Hotels, Restaurants) and other sections as far as possible are arranged alphabetically. For the organization of the book as a whole, see Contents. For places that do not have individual entries in Sights and places of interest, see the Index. A bbre via tions As far as possible only standard abbreviations have been used. These include days of the week and months, points of the compass (n, s, e and w), Saint (St), century (C), Greek (Gk), and measurements. Bold type Bold type is used in running text for emphasis, to draw attention to something of special interest or importance. It is also used to single out places - theatres or minor museums, for instance - that do not have full entries of their own. In such cases it is usually followed by the address, telephone number, and details of opening times, printed in italics. Similarly, in Hotels and Restaurants it is used to identify places that have an entry of their own elsewhere in these sections. Cross-references A special type has been used for cross-references. Whenever a place or section title is printed in sans serif italics (for example Colosseum or Basic Information) in the text, this indicates that you can turn to the appropriate heading in the book for further information. For added convenience, the running How entries are organized Santi Quattro Coronati flit t - Via dei Santi Ouattro Coronati. Map 11J8. Metropolitana Colosseo. Part church, part fortress, Santi Quattro Coronati has an interesting history dating back to its foundation in the 4thC. In the Middle Ages it was part of a fortified abbey, used to defend -the nearby basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano. In 1084 it was destroyed by the Normans. The present church was built by Paschal II from 1111, using antique columns, and has a fine Cosmatesque pavement. The Quattro Coronati were four Roman soldiers who were martyred for refusing to worship a statue of Aesculapius. Five sculptors suffered the same fate for having refused to carve the statue, and the small but exquisitely fashioned cloisters -tt are the dedicated work of 13thC sculptors in memory of their predecessors. The adjoining Oratory of San Silvestro, containing a fine series of 13thC frescoes, may be visited on request. 1961