A touch of Art Nouveau in Rome

Walking through the streets near Trevi Fountain, you can find an unexpected example of Art Nouveau in Rome.
It is Galleria Sciarra (in English: Sciarra Gallery), settled in via Minghetti and commissioned by the noble Maffeo Sciarra to the architect Giulio De Angelis.
He projected, between 1885 and 1888, a structure on two levels supported by columns and endowed by a dome, which is made up of iron and glass.
The inner walls were realized by Giuseppe Cellini, who decided to celebrate “the woman” and her virtues using Art Noveau motifs and classical feature.
The upper decorations represent Pre-Raphaelite ideal women, but they are portrayed as reassuring brides and mothers; the lower order shows personifications of female virtues, such as "Loyalty, "Patience". The personifications are described through scenes of everyday life, like the garden care or the conversation.
Today Galleria Sciarra is a pedestrian gallery, but in the end of XIX century it housed the headquarter of the literary magazine “Cronaca Bizantina”, directed by the poet Gabriele D’Annunzio and closely related to the Decadent aesthetic ideals.