The Oratorio dei Filippini (Oratory of Saint Phillip Neri) is a building located in Rome and erected between 1637 and 1650 by Francesco Borromini. He belonged to the Congregation of the Oratory, founded by Philip Neri in 1561. It was there that, in 1600, Emilio de' Cavalieri's La rappresentazione di anima e di corpo, regarded as one of the first examples of the genre of the oratorio, was given for the first time.
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The Church of Saint Yves at La Sapienza (Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza) is a Roman Catholic church in Rome. The church is considered a masterpiece of Roman Baroque church architecture, built in 1642-1660 by the architect Francesco Borromini.
Built: 1660 Design Architect : Francesco Borromini style: Baroque architecture location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The Palazzo Spada is a palace in the historic centre of Rome, Italy. It is located in the rione Regola, at Piazza Capo di Ferro, 13, very close to the Palazzo Farnese. It has a garden facing towards the River Tiber.Built: 1540 Design Architect : Francesco Borromini location:
Piazza Capo di Ferro
Rome,
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The Church of Saint Lucy in Selci (Italian: Santa Lucia in Selci, also known as Santa Lucia in Silice or Santa Lucia in Orfea (in Orphea, in Orthea)) is an ancient Roman Catholic church, located in Rome, dedicated to Saint Lucy, a 4th century virgin and martyr.Built: 1638 Design Architect : Francesco Borromini Design Architect : Carlo Maderno location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Palazzo Barberini is a palace in Rome, facing the piazza of the same name in Rione Trevi and is home to the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica.Built: 1633 Design Architect : Francesco Borromini Design Architect : Carlo Maderno style: Baroque architecture location:
Piazza Barberini
Rome,
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The Church of Saint Charles at the Four Fountains (Italian: Chiesa di San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane also called San Carlino) is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy. Designed by the architect Francesco Borromini, it was his first independent commission. It is an iconic masterpiece of Baroque architecture, built as part of a complex of monastic buildings on the Quirinal Hill for the Spanish Trinitarians, an order dedicated to the freeing of Christian slaves. He received the commission in 1634, under the patronage of Cardinal Francesco Barberini, whose palace was across the road. However, this financial backing did not last and subsequently the building project suffered various financial difficulties. It is one of at least three churches in Rome dedicated to San Carlo, including San Carlo ai Catinari and San Carlo al Corso.Design Architect : Francesco Borromini style: Baroque architecture location:
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The Oratorio dei Filippini (Oratory of Saint Phillip Neri) is a building located in Rome and erected between 1637 and 1650 by Francesco Borromini. He belonged to the Congregation of the Oratory, founded by Philip Neri in 1561. It was there that, in 1600, Emilio de' Cavalieri's La rappresentazione di anima e di corpo, regarded as one of the first examples of the genre of the oratorio, was given for the first time.
Design Architect : Francesco Borromini style: Baroque architecture location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Sant'Agnese in Agone is a seventeenth century Baroque church in Rome, Italy. It faces onto the Piazza Navona, one of the main urban spaces in the historic centre of the city and the site where the Early Christian Saint Agnes was martyred in the ancient Stadium of Domitian.Design Architect : Francesco Borromini style: Baroque architecture location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The Church of Saint Anne in Vatican (Italian: Sant'Anna in Vaticano), known as Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri (English: Saint Anne of the (Pontifical) Grooms), is a Roman Catholic parish church in Vatican City, dedicated to Saint Anne. The church is the parish church of the Vicariate of the Vatican City.Built: 1775 Design Architect : Francesco Borromini Design Architect : Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola location: