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POPE PIUS IX TRAIN AT CIVITAVECCHIA RAILWAY STATION - REAL PHOTO
Item Ref: BSL - Pope Pius IX Train Photo
ex Edward Lang Collection - date unknown
Train of Pope Pius IX in Railway Station at Civitavecchia
Official Photograph of the Department of Transportation in Rome
Historical Note
Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria
Mastai-Ferretti (1792 – 1878), was Pope for a record pontificate (not
counting the Apostle St. Peter) from his election in June 16, 1846,
until his death over 31 years later in 1878
The modern city of Civitavecchia was built certainly over a pre-existing
Etruscan settlement. The harbor was constructed by the Emperor Trajan at
the beginning of the 2nd century AD. The first occurrence of the name
Centum Cellae is from a letter by Pliny the Younger (107 AD). The origin
of the name is disputed: it has been suggested that it could refer to
the centum ("hundred") halls of the villa of the emperor. In the high
Middle Ages, Centumcellae was a Byzantine stronghold. Captured by the
Saracens in 828, it was later acquired by the Papal States. The place
became a free port under Pope Innocent XII in 1696. The main port of
Rome in modern era, it was occupied by the French in 1849. The Papal
troops opened the gates of the fortress to the Italian general Bixio in
1870. During World War II, Civitavecchia was pulverized by Allied
bombings. For the resistance of its citizens against Fascism, the city
received the Gold Medal to Civil Valour and the Silver Medal to Military
Valour.
Photo measures 7½" wide x 5¼" tall (185mm x 125mm)
Offered
by Berryhill & Sturgeon, Ltd. ................................. $
SOLD
