Column of the Immaculate Conception — Attraction in Rome

🏛 One of many Roman columns. New one. The Column of the Immaculate Conception (Italian: La Colonna della Immacolata) is a nineteenth-century monument in central Rome depicting the Virgin Mary, located in what is called Piazza Mignanelli, towards the south east part of Piazza di Spagna. It was placed aptly in front of the offices of the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide (offices for promulgating the faith), now renamed the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

The Marian monument was designed by the architect Luigi Poletti, the actual figure atop was sculpted by Giuseppe Obici and commissioned by Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies. In part, he wanted to put closure to the dispute between Naples and the Papal States that had developed in the last century, when Naples abolished the Chinea, a yearly tribute offered to the Pope as ultimate sovereign of Naples.

Since December 1953, Pontiffs have visited the monument annually and offered a bouquet of flowers at the base of the column with help of Roman firemen commemorating the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

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The Column of the Immaculate Conception is a nineteenth-century monument in central Rome depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary, located in what is called Piazza Mignanelli, towards the south east extension of Piazza di Spagna. It was placed aptly in front of the offices of the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide (offices for promulgating the faith), now renamed the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The structure is a square marble base with statues of biblical figures at the corners that uphold a column of Cipollino marble of 11.8 meters. Atop the column is a bronze statue of the Virgin Mary, sculpted by Giuseppe Obici. The standard imagery of the immaculate conception is used: a virgin on a crescent, atop the world, stomping a serpent (a symbol of the original sin assigned to all humans since Adam and Eve, except the Virgin Mary). At the base are four statues of Hebrew figures that gave portent of the virgin birth, each accompanied by a quote of a biblical verse in Latin, including David (by Adam Tadolini), Isaiah (by Salvatore Revelli), Ezekiel (by Carlo Chelli), and Moses (by Ignazio...

This monument was erected in 1857 to commemorate Pope Pius IX's proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854, which declared the Virgin Mary's conception free from original sin. Designed by Luigi Poletti, the column is a neoclassical structure featuring an ancient Roman column, discovered in 1777, topped with a bronze statue of the Virgin Mary by Giuseppe Obici. The statue depicts Mary on a crescent moon with a serpent under her feet, symbolizing purity and victory over sin. The base features statues of four prophets: Moses, David, Isaiah, and Ezekiel, who are believed to have foreshadowed the dogma. Annually on December 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the Pope visits the monument to lay a wreath at its base, while the Italian fire department places a bouquet on the Virgin Mary's arm. Annually on December 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the Pope visits the monument to lay a wreath at its base, while the Italian fire department places a bouquet on the...