Sala Lancisiana of Saint James in Augusta

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 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
Location in Rome Location in Italy
General information
Architectural style	renaissance
Town or city	Rome, Italy
Coordinates	41.90795°N 12.47612°E / 41.90795; 12.47612
Owner	Public authority (Regione Lazio from 2008)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Francesco Capriani from Volterra

History

The entrance is on via di Ripetta, n. 46. The façade is two-ordered symmetrical and renaissance-styled. The internal sala (room) is round-shaped, with concentric wooden seats.

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 Francesco Capriani 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. It has also been called Aula di Malta.

After the closing of San Giacomo in 2008, it is still in force the testament of cardinal Salviati for the hospital use of the sala, and the bundles of the Soprintendenza dei Beni culturali. Nonetheless, the sala is not open to visitors.

Bibliography

• Francesca Romana Stabile (2018). "L'ospedale di S. Giacomo in Augusta, dall'assistenza alla cura". Ricerche di storia dell'arte (in Italian). 41 (3). Carocci: 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). Vol. 1. Roma: Marini.

See also

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