Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza is a Roman Catholic church in Rome. Built in 1642–1660 by the architect Francesco Borromini, the church is widely regarded a masterpiece of Roman Baroque architecture.
Sant'Ivo, embraced by the wings of the Palazzo alla Sapienza
Interior view.
The lantern.
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 leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.
Borromini (anonymous youth portrait)
Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, courtyard and façade
Portrait of Francesco Borromini kept in the sacristy of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane