Ricerc@Sapienza

The churches of S. Gregorio Barbarigo in the Eur district and the SS. Martyrs of Uganda in the locality of Poggio Ameno in Rome, are built on a drawing by Giuseppe Vaccaro, between 1968 and 1972 and 1968 and 1980. The study rebuild the design path and the constructive phases of the two buildings, to identify the figurative, symbolic and religious meanings of the formal choices of the architect, partially altered now by subsequent interventions.

This study aims to identify the figurative and symbolic meanings of Giuseppe Vaccaro’s plans for the churches of San Gregorio Barbarigo in the EUR neighbourhood (1970-1972) and of Santi Martiri dell’Uganda in the Poggio Ameno district (1975-1982), in Rome. These particular values may be recognized in the configuration of the layout, in the structural types and construction techniques used, and in how the two buildings’ materials were worked and put in place.