Sala Lancisiana of Saint James in Augusta

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The Sala Lancisiana in via di Ripetta is a renaissance building in Rome, part of the Ospedale di San Giacomo degli Incurabili. Built at the end of the XVI century by the will of Anton Maria Salviati from the architect Francesco Capriani, it was named after the surgeon Giovanni Maria Lancisi.

Sala Lancisiana
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General information
Architectural style	renaissance
Town or city	Rome, Italy
Coordinates	41°54′29″N 12°28′34″E / 41.90795°N 12.47612°E / 41.90795; 12.47612Coordinates: 41°54′29″N 12°28′34″E / 41.90795°N 12.47612°E / 41.90795; 12.47612
Owner	Public authority (Regione Lazio from 2008)
Design and construction
Architect	from Volterra

Description[]

The entrance is on via di Ripetta, n. 46. The façade is two-ordered symmetrical and renaissance-styled. On the top, is placed an inscription in latin in the memory of the founder Salviati in 1593:

Ant. M. Salviatus Ep. incohavit idemq. Card. perfecit MDLXXXIV.

The internal sala (room) is round-shaped, with concentric wooden seats. The ceiling is a fresco.

History[]

It was built by the will of Anton Maria Salviati in 1593 together with the near-sided Ospedale di San Giacomo degli Incurabili from the architect from Volterra. The sala became a Teatro anatomico in 1780 by the will of Pius VI; latterly it hosted conferences on medical and science topics. It was eventually used as morgue.

It was named after the Roman surgeon Giovanni Maria Lancisi, founder of Accademia Lancisiana. In modern times, it has also been called Aula di Malta (Malta room).

Gallery[]

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  Anatomical theatre

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  Anatomical theatre: frescos

Bibliography[]

• Francesca Romana Stabile (2018). "L'ospedale di S. Giacomo in Augusta, dall'assistenza alla cura". Ricerche di Storia dell'arte (in Italian). Carocci. 41 (3): 5–17. doi:10.7374/92086. ISSN 0392-7202. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
• Carlo Luigi Morichini (1842). Degl'istituti di pubblica carità ed istruzione primaria e delle prigioni in Roma (in Italian). 1. Roma: Marini.

See also[]

• Ospedale di San Giacomo degli Incurabili
• Teatro anatomico
• Accademia Lancisiana