A lot of people over look the church focusing on taking pictures of the incredible views. It's definitely worth a visit.
Construction was started by the French in 1495 to celebrate their successful invasion of Naples.
During the Napoleonic occupation of Rome, this church like many churches/villas had it's artwork stolen and taken to France. It was eventually returned.
There are several works by Daniele da Volterra. He was a pupil of Michelangelo. Da Volterra was later hired to paint clothes onto the nudes in the Sistine Chapel's The Last Judgement.
6 comments:
It's a beautiful church and so often is covered in scaffolding. Nice to see it in its glory.
ah those French...!!!
Such a beautiful church. The summer I did the most widespread travel in Europe (1986?) there were so many churches covered in scaffolding that we started joking that we were always visiting "Our Lady of the Scaffold".
CCL - It is gorgeous. I'm glad the scaffolding is gone too.
nine - ha.
jen - I wish I had stock in an European scaffolding company.
Oooh, this is one of my favorite places in Rome! Great pics!
grazie cherrye!
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