Thursday, June 19, 2008

Description of 3 Sights

Along your guided walk you will be seeing three churches, Santa Maria and Capella, the Pantheon, and the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi. These are all really cool churches and quite different from one another. Santa Maria and Capella church is in Trastevere was built in 1090. It was one of the first homes built for elderly people in the 17th century by Donna Olimpia Pamphili and is surrounded by a beautiful garden that now houses some study abroad students. The Pantheon is also an extremely popular tourist attraction. There are a lot of cool things to see at this church including the huge granite columns which happen to be the biggest in Italy and imported from Egypt, and the dome which was built so it gets thinner and lighter with height because it is so large. But there are many more amazing classical architectural styles that are absolutley amazing to see in person. Last but not least we have the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi. It's chapel was painted by Caravaggio, it is the only Gothic church in Rome, and gets extremely populated with people attending mass on Sunday. These churches caught my interest and hopefully these few facts I gave you about each one will intrigue you enough to go and visit one for yourself!

You can find additional information at the following website and book: http://romanchurches.wikia.com/wiki/Santa_Maria_in_Cappella & Rick Steves Italy 2008 guide book

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