Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi

Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi in Rome more often Sant'Antonio in Campo Marzio (Latin: Sancti Antonii in Campo Martio ) is a church in Rome. She is the National Church of the Portuguese and was built in the 17th century. She is known mainly for its facade design.

Location

The church is located in the Rione Campo Marzio IV Rome about 250 meters northeast of Piazza Navona.

History

The building was built as a church originally located here Hospitals for Portuguese pilgrims. It is a foundation of Braganza. The interior was designed by Gaspare Guerra 1629-1636. Transept and choir are working Carlo Rainaldi and were completed by 1676. The façade was built by Martino Longhi the Younger in 1638.

Facade

The facade is initially designed two-storey and three-axis. Model for the design, the famous facade of Santa Susanna have been a working Carlo Maderno. The basement is characterized by a program multiple graded pilasters. The particular emphasis of the middle Risalites arises from the fact that this still has another graduation level than the sides and out of the strong projecting triangular pediment of Ädikulaportals. The lateral portals are captured by perforated segment gables. The cranked cornice assumes the structure of the basement. The upper floor contains them again, a strong emphasis to the center. The pilasters are here provided with capitals of the Corinthian order. Center of the design is the coat of arms of Braganza above the window. The broken triangle pediment is in turn embraced by laterally arranged elements of a segment pediment, on these angels are represented. Very unusual is the design of the basement mediating lateral volutes. These are designed as Hermen or entablature support and seem to support the capitals of the outer pilasters. Together with the simultaneously resulting in approximately facade of Santi Luca e Martina by Pietro da Cortona directs the design of a transition to the Roman High Baroque. The facade, in particular the design of volutes, was the model for the design of the facade of Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio.

Interior

In the design of the interior is oriented Guerra clear to those of the Gesù. The result was a single-aisled nave with side chapels. The ceiling of the nave is decorated in the form of a Tonnenwölbes. Classic for a church of Il Gesù - type is, here broken transversely oval round windows dome drum. Although the decorative interior is decorated in the rich idiom of the late Roman Baroque style, it is regarded as a bit of " inconsequential ".

The frescoes of the dome gussets work of Palermo artist Giacinto Calandrucci, comes from him and the painting of the Madonna Haupaltars.

In the church there are the tomb of a Portuguese diplomat of da Souza -Holstein family, therefore, it is worth mentioning because it is a work Antonio Canovas from 1808.

Also buried in the church is the former Cardinal José da Costa Nunes, he died in 1976.

Chapel of St. John, in Lisbon

Another special feature is likely to be the story of a St. John's Chapel. The Portuguese King John V had the desire to own one immediately blessed by the Pope building. So he commissioned in 1742 Luigi Vanvitelli was carried out with the plans for a chapel, 1743 by Nicola Salvi in this church. It was built from expensive materials such as rare marbles and semi-precious stones. After the blessing by Pope Benedict XIV in person it was packed dismantled into individual parts and transported by ship to Lisbon. She was built in 1747 as a side chapel of the church of São Roque, she is still located there.

Opening times

The church is open from 08:30 bis 13:00 clock in the morning and in the afternoon from 15:00 bis 18:00 clock.