The Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo — Saint Mary Of The People is one of the oldest parish churches in Rome. It is also one of the highest example of early Renaissance architecture and a rare gem whose beauty radiates throughout the cities along the lines of the tridente (from the Piazza del Popolo three main streets of Rome—Via Ripetta, Via del Corso, Via del Babbuino—depart like rays from a diamond.) But St Mary of the People is also a haunted place. Here once stood

Being the origins of Rome shrouded in obscurity, myths grew up around the foundation of the Eternal City. According to a calculation by Marcus Terentius Varro, Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BC. But two are actually the legends intertwined with the foundation of Rome. The first one is that of the twins Romulus and Remus, sons of Rhea Silvia, the daughter of the king of Alba Longa, Numitor. Rhea Silvia, according to the legend, was impregnated by Mars, the god of war, nothi