Rome Sights

Chiesa di Sant’Andrea della Valle

#220 of 963 things to do in Rome

#6336 of 49053 things to do in Europe

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  • Address
    • Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 6
  • Transport
    • Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
  • Phone
    • 06 686 13 39
  • Hours
    • 7.30am-noon & 4.30-7.30pm Mon-Sat, 7.30am-12.45pm & 4.30-7.45pm Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Chiesa di Sant’Andrea della Valle

A must for opera fans, this towering 17th-century church is where Giacomo Puccini set the first act of Tosca. Its most obvious feature is Carlo Maderno’s soaring dome, the highest in Rome after St Peter’s, but its bombastic baroque interior reveals some wonderful frescoes by Mattia Preti, Domenichino and, in the dome, Lanfranco. Competition between the artists was fierce and legend has it that Domenichino once took a saw to Lanfranco’s scaffolding, almost killing him in the process.

 

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