Italophile


My new favorite church:
May 27, 2008, 10:12 am
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So there’s this little church pretty close to the Spanish steps I just found and it’s my latest favorite thing. It’s called Sant’Andrea delle Fratte and it was a collaboration between Borromini and Bernini. But the coolest part is that it was built for the Del Bufalo family so there are all these bufalo decorations everywhere. Check it

You can’t really see it all that well, but they’ve even got one up at the top of the bell tower:

Plus there are two amazing Bernini statues inside and some awesome artwork on the dome (there was a monk hovering around so I couldn’t really get any pictures). As if that’s not enough, there’s even a mini orange grove on the side of the church.

Coolest church ever?  Very possible.


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