Sapienza University of Rome Amato; mathematician Vito Volterra; pharmacologist and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Daniel Bovet; chemist and Nobel Laureate Giulio Natta; philosophers Luigi Ferri and Augusto Del Noce; physicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics Enrico Fermi; political scientist Roberto Forges Davanzati Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome (Italian: "Sapienza – Università di Roma"), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, is a collegiate research university located in Rome, Italy. Formally known as Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", it is one of the largest European universities by enrollments and one of the oldest in history,
Santa Maria della Sapienza Santa Maria della Sapienza Santa Maria della Sapienza is a Roman Catholic church, located on Via Costantinopoli in central Naples, Italy. The church was built in 1625 using designs by Francesco Grimaldi, and completed by 1630 by Giovan Giacomo Di Conforto. The architects Cosimo Fanzago and Dionisio Lazzari are said to have helped complete the facade; Fanzago, in the design, Lazzari, in the marble decor. Other sources say the plans for the facade were by Di Conforto. From 1634 to 1636, the cupola and belltower were completed. Giacomo Lazzari designed the dome, whose interior ceiling was frescoed by Belisario Corenzio.