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Wednesday morning, our professor took us on a walking tour through several piazzas and streets of central Rome. This first one is Piazza Navona, a large square with good examples of baroque architecture, like the church above, notably for the counter curving facade and elaborate sculptural detail.
... more of Piazza Navona, and the fountain on one side. There is a large fountain in the center (where the tall obelisk is in the background), the Fountain of the Four Rivers, but it was covered as it is undergoing cleaning or restoration, or something.
Along another street, another example of a baroque church, the Sant'ivo alla Sapienza.
...the courtyard of the Sapienza...
...closeup of the collonade. There were sculptures of bees all over the courtyard, symbols of the Barberni family that commisioned the church.
In another piazza, there was a very large fountain basin, carved completely out of one piece of granite. It must have been at least ten feet across and six feet tall (you can see a head poking up behind it on the far right side). It had very flat smooth water surface that was used to reflect the night sky so they could study the stars ... it definitely made a great mirror.
In another part of town, we saw the church Santa Maria Sopra Minerva with the elephant obelisk out front. This was a very beautiful small church, but no photos were allowed inside.
Wednesday morning, our professor took us on a walking tour through several piazzas and streets of central Rome. This first one is Piazza Navona, a large square with good examples of baroque architecture, like the church above, notably for the counter curving facade and elaborate sculptural detail.
... more of Piazza Navona, and the fountain on one side. There is a large fountain in the center (where the tall obelisk is in the background), the Fountain of the Four Rivers, but it was covered as it is undergoing cleaning or restoration, or something.
Along another street, another example of a baroque church, the Sant'ivo alla Sapienza.
...the courtyard of the Sapienza...
...closeup of the collonade. There were sculptures of bees all over the courtyard, symbols of the Barberni family that commisioned the church.
In another piazza, there was a very large fountain basin, carved completely out of one piece of granite. It must have been at least ten feet across and six feet tall (you can see a head poking up behind it on the far right side). It had very flat smooth water surface that was used to reflect the night sky so they could study the stars ... it definitely made a great mirror.
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