St Agostino, Rome

This morning we have walked down to some beautiful Churches and Palazzo Doria Pamphili.

The Palazzo is :

http://www.doriapamphilj.it/ 

 

Your ticket comes with an acoustaguide by one Johnathan, who is part of the family and who gives you an introduction to the family and the gallery, with some description of the works, they are shown in their original context, as it is a restored family home you are wandering through.

The start of our Caravaggio trail this morning.

 

From there we went to St Luigi des Francesci, where the Chapel of St Matthew is. These are two of Caravaggios more well known works, and are on a grand scale for such a small chapel.

 

We wondered just around the corner to St Agostino, for my money probably the prettiest church we have seen in Rome. It still has those beautifu blue ceilings

Here too there is a Caravaggio.

 

I have managed to get into the Borromini church I have yet to see, S Ivo della Sapienza, just off Piazza Navona. This church is rarely open, so I felt very privileged to get in, and like San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, it has a complex baroque design, but is devoid of the rich decoration of other churches.

 

We are off to Castel San Angelo now, which will finish off a fantastic day.