Rome Italy Temple, Mormon temple in Via di Settebagni, Rome, Italy.
The Rome Italy Temple is a three-story building of Bianco Sardo granite with two attached end spires, rising 18 meters with spires over 42 and 48 meters. Its design by Neils Valentiner draws on San Carlino church, with curved exterior and interior forms. Inside are a floor-to-ceiling stained-glass wall, an oval staircase, and a baptistry with an elliptical font.
The Church bought the 15-acre farm site in 1997, and Thomas S. Monson announced the temple on 4 October 2008. Ground was broken on 23 October 2010, with Monson presiding and Rome vice-mayor Giuseppe Ciardi among the guests. After a public open house in early 2019, Russell M. Nelson dedicated the temple on 10 March 2019.
The design by Neils Valentiner draws on the curved forms of San Carlino church in Rome. Inside, an olive-tree motif recurs in art glass and decoration, chosen because olive trees sprout again even when cut, a symbol of Christ's resurrection. The visitors' center displays a three-metre Carrara marble Christus and twelve apostles carved by Luciano Massari.
The site lies along Via di Settebagni in the Porta di Roma area, near the Grande Raccordo Anulare ring road in the north-east of the city, not in the centre. The complex includes a visitors' centre, a meetinghouse, a family history centre, guest housing and gardens. The visitors' centre and gardens are open to the public.
The visitors' center displays Carrara marble copies of Thorvaldsen's Christus and the twelve apostles, each three meters tall, hand-carved by Italian sculptor Luciano Massari. The originals are in Copenhagen.
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