Maryknoll has had a house in Rome for many years, to represent all its members at the Vatican and to serve as a house of studies for Maryknollers attending courses in Rome. It is located near Villa Borghese in a residential area of old Rome. |
The side and front of the Maryknoll house in the northern part of old Rome. |
The house from the rear. Maryknoll has owned the house for a long time. |
The front doors, once you have entered the courtyard from the street. |
A view from the interior courtyard, looking back toward the gate to the street. |
The entrance hall, looking back toward the front doors. |
The stairway leading upstairs from the entrance hallway. |
Looking down the entrance hallway from the front doors. |
Another view toward the front doors, over the stairs leading to the dining area below. |
One of rooms off that main hallway is this television room. |
The first-floor chapel. |
Another view of the chapel. |
The stairway to the second, third, and fourth floors. |
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At the top of the main stairway at the third floor. |
One of the long-term resident rooms where I stayed. Not all the rooms are this nice. |
The rooms are well arranged and this one has its own bathroom. |
Each room has a sink. This one is separate from the bathroom which was added later. |
The dining room, a pleasantly cool room below ground level. |
The kitchen is modern and produces wonderful Italian food! |