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Sant'Ignazio di Loyola

Typology: Non Parish Church

Address

Address: Piazza Sant'Ignazio
Zone: Rione Colonna (Pantheon-Montecitorio-Barberini) (Roma centro)

Contacts

Telephone: 06 6794406
Email: preghiera.cuoredigesu@gmail.com (per richiedere S. Messa per i malati)
Mobile phone: 345 6549492 - 375 6692 935 (per richiedere la S. Messa per i malati)

Opening times

For the times of the masses and the visiting procedures of the chamber of San Luigi Gonzaga, please contact the contacts indicated.

Description

The church of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola was built on a drawing by the Jesuit mathematician Orazio Grassi, on the basis of projects by Carlo Maderno and others, and to the expense of Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi, nephew of Gregorio XV’s. The dominating façade, which derives from the one of the Chiesa del Gesù, embodies two orders of pilaster strips and corinthian columns, with frames, frontispiece and side volutes standing out. It is enriched by big windows, niches and tablets, and it is generally attributed to Alessandro Algardi. The interior, embodying a Latin cross, has three intercommunicating chapels per side. The polychromy of the marbles, stuccoes, the pittorical decoration and the altars’ richness make the ensemble incredibly sumptuous. The roof’s decorations of the grandiose vault of the nave are by Andrea Pozzo, brother belonging to the Ordine Gesuitico, and they represent the "Ingresso di Sant'Ignazio in Paradiso".
HERITY certification: www.herity.it/Siti/S.%20Ignazio.htm

See also

Culture and leisure › Historic places of worship › Catholic Churches
Culture and leisure › Cultural heritage › Architectural and historical heritage
Last checked: 2022-07-08 10:02
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