3315 x 5222 px | 28,1 x 44,2 cm | 11,1 x 17,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
21 gennaio 2010
Ubicazione:
Rome Italy
Altre informazioni:
Sant' Agnese Basilica church in Rome. Construction started in 1652 by Girolamo Rainaldi and was completed by his son Carlo, on the site where Saint Agnes was martyred in the Circus of Domitian, now the Piazza Navona in Rome. The first designs, by Girolamo Rainaldi in 1652, were for a Baroque church. They were commissioned by Pope Innocent X, whose funerary monument is housed within. The tambour of the dome had an opening from which the Pope could assist in the celebrations from his apartment in the palace. In the years 1653-1657 the works of the facade were completed by the important Baroque architect Francesco Borromini,
