Francesco Borromini
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Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli, was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton of Ticino who, with his contemporaries Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a lea
Borromini (anonymous youth portrait)
The forward and backward swinging facade of the church San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome
Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza built to abut an existing courtyard
The church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, also called San Carlino, is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy. The church was designed by the architect Francesco Borromini and it was his first inde
Francesco Borromini
…for St Charles Borromeo. In 1634, Borromini received his first major independent commission to design the church, cloister and monastic buildings of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (also known as San Carlino). Located on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, the complex was designed for the Spanish Trinitarians, a religious order. The monastic…
San Carlo alle quattro fontane interno
Section of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, ca. 1730
The dome with its intricate geometrical pattern