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Some Churches of Rome

A small selection of the city’s endless churches

Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Michelangelo's studly Christ, later made more modest, Rome
Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, where Gallileo recanted and Michelangelo is toned down. It's built over a pagan shrine, and it was the first church we visited after the Pantheon.
Chapel, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Chapel painting, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Grave and painting at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Ceiling treatment at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Wall and ceiling treatment at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome
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The very trompe-l'œil 17th Century ceiling at Sant'Ignazio Church, Rome. Spectacular special effects before the concept existed. The ceiling is, of course, flat
The skull in this Sant'Ignazio floor seems to be wearing granny glasses. Rome
Bernini's ecstasy of Ludovica Albertoni at San Francesco a Ripa church in Trastevere
Bernini's ecstasy of Ludovica Albertoni at San Francesco a Ripa church in Trastevere
Ceiling detail, Saint Cecilia in Trastevere
Saint Cecilia statue in Saint Cecilia in Trastevere
Stefano Maderno's 1600 sculpture of St. Cecilia, depicting her uncorrupted body centuries after her burial
Saint Cecilia in Trastevere
Saint Cecilia in Trastevere
Sculpture at Saint Cecilia in Trastevere
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
13th Century mosaics, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Detail, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Ceiling, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Cosmatesque floor Santa Maria in Trastevere
Cosmatesque floor Santa Maria in Trasteverere, Rome
Floor detail, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Floor detail, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Floor detail, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Floor detail, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Wall of fragments, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragment, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragment, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragments, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragments, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragments, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragments, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragments, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragment, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragments, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Fragments, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragments, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragment, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Fragment, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Fragment, Santa Maria in Trastevere
Sant'Andrea della Valle
Sant'Andrea della Valle
Sant'Andrea della Valle
Sant'Andrea della Valle, Rome
Sant'Andrea della Valle
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