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ROMA, Chiesa di santìAgnese in Agone (Piazza Navona)

Chiesa sant’Agnese in Agone, Roma Façade The wide, partly coved (concave) façade is the work of Rainaldi (although most of if was planned by Borromini), who worked on it from 1657 to 1672. It was very influential on later Baroque architecture in Europe. There are three separate but unified design elements: The central coved frontage (which is the actual façade of the church), and the pair of identical campanili which front side rooms. All elements are of the same white travertine limestone (…) Dome The dome is one of several in Rome on the empyrean model, which attempts to persuade the one looking up that the view is of the heavens opened. The drum has paired ribbed Corinthian pilasters in between eight large windows having segmental pediments with split cornices, all the details being gilded. Blue strips between pilasters and windows emphasize the empyrean effect. The frieze of the entablature at the bottom of the drum has an inscription: Ingressa Agnes turpitudinis locum, angelum Domini praeparatum invenit ("On entering the place of uncleanness, Agnes found the angel of the Lord ready"). The dome fresco depicts The Apotheosis of St Agnes into the Glory of Heaven, and is mostly by Ciro Ferri. However, he died in 1689 before finishing it and his pupil Sebastiano Corbellini achieved completion. It contains a host of angels, saints and Old Testament characters centered on Our Lady welcoming Agnes. Not all the saints have been positively identified, but the bionda holding a cross is obviously St Mary Magdalen and the character with the harp is King David. St Philip Neri is also there, and there is a suspicion that he was added when the fresco was retouched during the 19th century restoration. (…) Chapel of St Philip Neri A door to the right of the Chapel of St Sebastian leads into a room, which leads in turn via a right turn to the chapel of St Philip Neri which is just to the left of the main apse in the plan. The anteroom also give access to the Pamphilj burial crypt, completed in 1864. The ceiling fresco of The Apotheosis of St Philip Neri is by Francesco Allegrini. This, together with the rest of the decorative scheme, was restored in 1859 by Annibale Angelini under the supervision of Vici. This used to be the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, but in 1908 Pope Pius X decreed that the skull of St Agnes should be enshrined on the altar here. It used to be part of the collection of relics at San Lorenzo in Palatio ad Sancta Sanctorum, and ownership of the relic remains with the Papacy. This is a popular spot in the church for private prayer and veneration, since the tourists tend not to get this far. Wiki Fandom