Great Hall of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

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Great Hall before restoration

The Great Hall of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy, is one of the principal structures of the University, with a public interior used for formal ceremonies, conferences, recitals and lessons.

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Italian university

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, known as UCSC or UNICATT or simply Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 1921. Cattolica, with its five affiliated campuses, is the largest private university in Europe and the largest Catholic University in the world. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy, with satellite campuses in Brescia, Piacenza, Cremona and Rome.

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History

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Ceiling of the Great Hall

Bramante projected the two Cloisters of Sant'Ambrogio and between them built a refectory. The refectory was painted by Callisto Piazza, who provident in 1545 to adorn the wall with a magnificent fresco, still visible, showing the "Wedding at Cana". The facade and the statue of Christ the King are recent additions and designed by the architect Muzio. Since the 1930s the hall has undergone a major restoration to be used as great hall of UCSC. [1]

The Cloisters of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan were designed by Bramante in 1497. From October 1930 these cloisters are headquarters of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Callisto Piazza Italian painter

Callisto Piazza (1500–1561) was an Italian painter.

Function

The great hall is one of the main structures of the university. In addition to this main hall, there are others located in the satellite campuses in (Rome, Brescia, Piacenza and Campobasso). Every year in this room there is the inauguration of the academic year. International conferences are also held here and have featured participants like Mario Draghi, Romano Prodi, Tony Blair, Mario Monti, Giorgio Napolitano, José Manuel Barroso and others.

Rome Capital city and comune in Italy

Rome is the capital city and a special comune of Italy. Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,872,800 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), it is also the country's most populated comune. It is the fourth most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a population of 4,355,725 residents, thus making it the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states.

Brescia Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometres from the lakes Garda and Iseo. With a population of more than 200,000, it is the second largest city in the region and the fourth of northwest Italy. The urban area of Brescia extends beyond the administrative city limits and has a population of 672,822, while over 1.5 million people live in its metropolitan area. The city is the administrative capital of the Province of Brescia, one of the largest in Italy, with over 1,200,000 inhabitants.

Piacenza Comune in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. The etymology is long-standing, tracing an origin from the Latin verb placēre, "to please." In French, and occasionally in English, it is called Plaisance. The name means a "pleasant abode", or as James Boswell reported some of the etymologists of his time to have translated it, "comely". This was a name "of good omen."

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References

  1. ↑ http://digilander.libero.it/artisticopiazza/callisto/Pagine/Bio1.htm

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