Rome Sights

Chiesa di Sant’Andrea al Quirinale

#29 of 963 things to do in Rome

#65 of 6227 things to do in Italy

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Good for: architects

  • Address
    • Via del Quirinale 29
  • Transport
    • Via Nazionale
  • Phone
    • 06 474 08 07
  • Hours
    • 8.30am-noon & 3.30-7pm Mon-Sat, 9am-noon & 4-7pm Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Chiesa di Sant’Andrea al Quirinale

It’s said that in his old age Bernini liked to come and enjoy the peace of this late-17th-century church, regarded by many as one of his greatest. Faced with severe space limitations, he managed to produce a sense of grandeur by designing an elliptical floor plan with a series of chapels opening onto the central area. The opulent interior, decorated with polychrome marble, stucco and gilding, was much appreciated by Pope Alexander VII, who used it while in residence at the Palazzo del Quirinale.

 

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    The total art form

    evilares recommends this,

    We are fortunate tthat Rome gathers in one street a chapel by Bernini and another one by Borromini (San Carlo all Quattro Fontane). This small chapels, for exclusive congregation prayer give you the other face of barocque architecture: no big golden aplications nor triumphal paintings, but great architecture inovation. This one, by Bernini, presents you with the total art concept, where architecture, sculpture and paiting unite to achieve the maximum aesthetic effect.

    Good for: architects

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