Church of San Paolo inside the Walls

The Church of San Paolo inside the Walls is an Anglican church in Rome, in the Castro Pretorio district, in via Nazionale. It is an episcopal church of America, the first non-Catholic built in Rome after the unification of Italy.

The church was built from 1873 to 1880 in neo-Romanesque-neo-Gothic style, externally characterized by red bricks of Sienese origin alternating with travertine.

On the façade there is a rose window with symbols of the Evangelists. The bell tower hosts a concert of 23 bells in waning Sol3, cast in 1876 by the Belgian Lovanii Severinus.

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The interior has three naves; the stained glass windows with stories from the life of the saint stand out in particular, and the mosaics in the apse, made from designs by Edward Burne-Jones, depicting scenes from the Apocalypse of the evangelist John; in the basin, there is Christ enthroned in the heavenly Jerusalem: Christ is flanked by five archangels, from left to right: Uriel holds the sun; Michele is a glorious figure in armor; Gabriel carries the lily of the Annunciation; Chemuel, the angel of Sangreal, holds the sacred cup in his left hand; and Zophiel, holds the moon.

Map: Church of San Paolo inside the Walls