Dinner "in Heaven"

The EURAM'10gala dinner will be held at a historical venue between the Vatican city and the very centre of Rome: Santo Spirito in Saxia.

Santo Spirito in Saxia will host EURAM participants just 200 meterst away from the Basilica of St. Peter and one of the most renowned symbols of ancient Rome, Castel Sant'Angelo. 

Crossing the nearby Vittorio Emanuele II bridge and walking along Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, Piazza Campo dei Fiori will welcome those who wish to enjoy Rome’s nightlife.

The origins of the monumental complex of Santo Spirito in Sassia date back to A.D. 727 when a Saxon king founded the “Schola Saxonum” to host pilgrims arriving in Rome to visit the Apostle Peter’s tomb.

Destroyed by fire and pillage, the building was rebuilt in 1198 under the pontificate of Innocent III as a hospital to help sick, poor, abandoned or illegitimate babies and was named Santo Spirito.
 Between 1471 and 1478 Pope Sisto IV ordered to enlarge the building and paint the Corsia Sistina (Sistine Ward) with a cycle of frescoes commemorating the history of the former hospital that can still be admired.

The octagonal Tiburio, with an altar by Palladio, divides the Corsia Sistina (120 meters long) into two large halls named, in the XIX century, Sala Lancisi and Sala Baglivi.

The venue and its frescos are so marvelous that, not by chance, the entrance marble door is called “The Gate to Heaven”.

Click here to print the itinerary from the metro stop Ottaviano (point A) to the Dinner Venue (Point B).

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