lunedì 1 ottobre 2007

The cannonball of the miracle

Chiesa di San Bartolomeo all'Isola -Isola Tiberina-
In the chapel of the church of Saint Bartholomew upon the Isle, there is a large (14cm diameter) cannonball lodged in the wall where it struck it during the siege of Rome of June 1849. When it hit the building it was full of people , who went miraculously untouched. The cannonball, known for this reason as "of the miracle" was left in the wall as a "memento" of the event.
Miraculous Rome!