Jubilee Church

The church of Santa Maria Addolorata was built between 1998 and 2001 to a design by the architect Tommaso Sbardella and was consecrated on 17 March 2001 by Cardinal Camillo Ruini. The building has a composite structure, made of tuff blocks that match the travertine, with a wooden and copper roof; the façade is preceded by a flight of steps that leads to the three entrance portals, above which is a cross.

The Basilica of St. John Bosco was built in the early 1950s by the Sicilian architect Gaetano Rapisardi. On 12 September 1952, the foundation stone of the new building was laid by Clemente Micara, Cardinal Vicar of Rome. The church was inaugurated on 2 May 1959 by Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Cardinal Protector of the Salesians. A large part of the interior remained unfinished until 1964. The day after the inauguration, Pope John XXIII came to pray before the urn containing the remains of Don Bosco (1815-1888), brought from Turin for the occasion.

The church of San Leone I was built according to a project by the architect Giuseppe Zander between 1950 and 1952. The façade of the church is in brick with travertine portals and sculptures by Luigi Venturini; a rose window is inserted in the upper part. The interior has a nave and two aisles divided by concrete columns supporting the ceiling, also in concrete.