Chiesa di Sant'Agnese in Agone
Historical Center
- Artist: Francesco Borromini
- Location: Chiesa di Sant'Agnese in Agone
- Date: 1651 - 1667
- Address: Piazza Navona
- Phone#: 06 68192134
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- Visit lasts: 1 hour (about)
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Built between the Eighth and Twelfth Centuries on the spot in which, according to legend, the saint, exposed to public humiliation completely naked, was miraculously covered by instantaneously-grown long hair. The church was brought to its current form in the middle of the 1600s under Pope Innocent X Pamphilj. The church became a sort of Palatine Chapel for the Pamphilj neighborhood par excellence. The work was started by Girolamo and Carlo Rainaldi and completed by Francesco Borromini. The interior, in the form of a greek cross, holds sculptural masterpieces from the roman baroque after Bernini and Algardi.
