Santa Maria Maddalena

Santa Maria Maddalena, La Maddalena in Rome commonly called, is a church in Rome in the late 17th century. She's Monastery Church of the Kamillaner and national church of the people of Abruzzo. She is considered one of the most beautiful rococo churches of Rome.

Location

The church is located in the III. Roman rione ( district) Colonna in the Piazza della Maddalena about 120 meters north of the Pantheon named after her. The facade facing west, south leads the Via delle Colonelle along.

Architectural History

At the site of the present church, a former building of the 15th century is demonstrated. Pope Sixtus V entrusted this building in 1585 of the founder of Kamillaner, Camillus de Lellis. The construction started in 1673 under the direction and according to plans Carlo Fontana. He first built the northern cross arm. The construction management had then from 1690 Giovanni Antonio de'Rossi and his student Pozzoni. They built the choir, part of the nave and the transept, and changed from the plans Fontana. The next architect named 1696-1698 Giulio Carlo Quadri; He completed the construction and facade under construction. The assignment of the facade is controversial. As things stand, it is not (yet ) attributed to Giuseppe Sardi, but met with resistance. As other potential builders are Quadri and Johann Conrad Woerle, the builder of the organ facade of the church, called. The façade was completed in 1735.

Facade

The facade, she is considered a " prime example of playful late style " is, first swinging concave. It is two stories in the horizontal and triaxial divided in the vertical axis. The portal is framed by two full columns, above a pierced triangular pediment was built. Behind the full columns and respectively at the corner sides of the facade two -stepped pilasters are set in both the lower and the upper floor, where the capitals are decorated in a baroque variation of composite capitals. In the four bays richly decorated niches with statues are inserted. The portal is surmounted by an ornate shield, this is decorated with two cherubs on the top. The Konkavschwung the facade is contrasted with a Konvexschwung the stepped gable segment upstairs the middle window. The central vertical element is interpreted as " large niche " and commemorates work of Borromini. The volutes of the upper niche arc running from the side and are crowned with flame tongues. The facade is richly decorated though, but does not seem too.

Affairs

The architecture of the interior is a modification of the high baroque Church of the Gesù. He is from the basic structure, a hall church with a dome over the transept and a choir. The arms of the transept are very short, overall, the church has a rectangular plan. The nave is designed as an autonomous structure, and follows an elongated octagon as the basic form, flat side chapels are inserted. The interior design was completed by 1740. The magnificent interior contains frescoes, among others Michelangelo Cerruti. The highlight is the built on the west side above the portal of Johann Conrad Werle 1735 organ case. A statue of the saint from the 15th century, that is down from the previous, is located in the chapel to the right of the altar. The interior overall is regarded as a masterpiece of the Roman Rococo (so-called barochetta ). The sacristy is also considered one of the finest of its kind in Roman

Opening times

The church is open from 07:15 bis 12:00 clock clock in the morning, and from 15:30 bis 19:30 clock clock in the afternoon / evening