Santa Maria dei Sette Dolori, Rome
Santa Maria dei Sette Dolori is a Baroque church in Rome built attached to a convent in the rione of Trastevere, located on Via Garibaldi, near the intersection with Via dei Panieri.
Construction of the church was begun in 1643 with plans by Francesco Borromini,[1] annexed to an Augustinian nunnery that was founded by Camilla-Virginia Savelli Farnese, Duchess of Latera. However, when the fortunes of the House of Farnese declined, so did the funding for the church, and by 1655 the work was stopped. The convent underwent a number of tribulations during the nineteenth century, however, it was not deconsecrated in 1873, as were many other monasteries. Since then, the nunnery has slowly ebbed and most of the convent is now the Hotel Donna Camilla Savelli. The Diocese presently lists the church as being in the care of the few remaining nuns of the order of Suore Oblate del Santo Bambino Gesù. The monastery also served as a place to hide Jews from the fascist authorities active in the Holocaust during World War II.
The facade of the church remains in brick, deprived of decoration. It has concave front and some odd-shaped windows that underscore Borromini's Baroque idiosyncrasies. The interior still contains some of the marble sculptural decorations plus a St Augustine and the Mystery of the Trinity by Carlo Maratta and a canvas by Marco Benefial.
References
- ^ Ricci, Amico (1859). Storia dell'architettura in Italia dal secolo IV al XVIII. Vol. 3. Modena: Regio-Ducal camera. p. 572.
External links
- Romeartlover with pictures of portal and doorway.
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religious buildings
- Santa Lucia in Selci (restoration, 1638–1639; decoration of the Trinity Chapel, 1628–1639)
- San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (ground break, 1638; dedication, 1646; works continued afterwards)
- Oratorio dei Filippini (1637–1651)
- Santa Maria dei Sette Dolori, Rome (1643–1655)
- Sant'Agnese in Agone (involvement, 1653–1657)
- San Giovanni in Oleo (remodelling, 1658)
- Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (1642–1660)
- Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (project and direction, 1653–1667; continued by Mattia de Rossi)
- Palazzo Barberini (co-autorship with Carlo Maderna and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1627–1633)
- Villa Falconieri (expansion commissioned, 1628)
- Palazzo Spada (remodelling, 1632)
- Palazzo Falconieri (remodelling, 1646, façade and loggia)
- Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome (worked in the 1650s; co-autorship with Giovanni Fontana and Domenico Fontana)
- Palazzo di Propaganda Fide (1644–1667; co-autorship with Gian Lorenzo Bernini, involved in 1620s–1644)
- Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (renovation of the interior)
- St. Peter's Baldachin (possible collaboration with Gian Lorenzo Bernini)
- St. Peter's Basilica (gates of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel and possibly parts of baldachin)
- San Giovanni dei Fiorentini (choir project)
- Santi Apostoli, Naples (Filomarino Family Chapel design, 1646)
- Santa Maria alla Porta, Milan (portal and tympanum)
- Baroque architecture
- Carlo Maderno (collaborator)
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini (collaborator)
- La Sapienza (2015 film)