St Paul's Within the Walls

The red brick and travertine church features three naves with stained glass windows depicting scenes from Saint Paul's life and detailed mosaic decorations.

Constructed between 1873 and 1880, this church marks the first non-Catholic religious building in Rome after the Italian unification under architect George Edmund Street.

The mosaic decorations incorporate nineteenth-century figures, with Abraham Lincoln portrayed as Saint Andrew and Giuseppe Garibaldi represented as Saint James.

The church functions as a venue for opera concerts, presenting compositions by Italian masters such as Rossini, Puccini, and Verdi in the evening hours.

The church houses a 1962 Mascioni pipe organ with forty-one registers across three manuals and pedals, enhancing musical performances with precise acoustics.

Location: Rome

Inception: 1873

Architects: George Edmund Street

Architectural style: Romanesque Revival architecture

Address: 58 58 via Nazionale, 17 - Roma 00184 Roma 00184 Roma

Website: http://stpaulsrome.it

GPS coordinates: 41.90110,12.49420

Latest update: May 13, 2025 07:35