Bambin Gesù

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Basic data
Patronage : Jesus Christ
Consecration day : September 9, 1736
Address: Church: Via Urbana, 1

Monastery: Via Cavour, 83
00184 Roma

The facade by Ferdinando Fuga

Bambin Gesù , also called Gesù Bambino all'Esquilino in Rome , is a church in Rome . It was built in the first half of the 18th century and the monastery church of the Congregation of Sisters of Oblate del Bambino Gesù , a Oblatinnenkongregation by Augustinian rule.

location

The church is located in the 1st Roman Rione Monti about 500 meters south of the Piazza della Repubblica , diagonally opposite the Santa Pudenziana church . The entrance to the monastery building is almost directly on the forecourt of Santa Maria Maggiore . It got its Italian nickname from its location on the north-western slope of the Esquiline . The church is consecrated to the baby Jesus, from Italian Bambino : "child".

History and building history

A girls' convent formerly located here was set up in 1662. The church itself was built on the initiative of Pope Clement XII. , the first plans come from Carlo Buratti , also called Carlo Orlandi . Construction began in 1731, and Buratti was only able to partially build the church. After taking over the construction management, the plans for the facade and the furnishings were made by Ferdinando Fuga . The church was completed and consecrated in 1736. A side chapel was added in the 19th century.

facade

The facade is single-storey and uniaxial. The portal, covered with a segmental arch, is framed on both sides by colossal pilasters that are stepped in a composite order . The side surfaces to separate them from the other buildings are also formed by pilasters of this type as a backing. Above the portal, a slightly arched window breaks through the wall, above it is a coat of arms with festoon decorations . It was intended to have the coat of arms of Pope Clement XII here. to admit with his papal regalia, but that was never carried out. A split segment gable rises above the cranked architrave . The demolition contains a pedestal with volutes on both sides that are not fully executed . This is closed up again by a small triangular gable under the cross that has been blown up again .

Interior and outfit

In terms of its basic structure, the church is a central building over a plan based on a Greek cross , the portal and choir arms are extended. The beveling of the inner corners of the cross creates an octagonal spatial impression. The flat dome rises above the crossing, without a drum or lantern, it is broken through by eight circular hatches. The cross arms of the building are covered by barrel vaults, only the ceiling of the choir is slightly vaulted.

The interior decoration follows the exterior design, pilasters arranged in steps according to a composite order structure the church. On the sloping sides, above the doors, there are small oratorios behind the balustrades .

The pendentives of the dome are frescoed with figures of angels , they are quite modern works that were created during the restoration of the church in 1882.

In the right cross arm when looking towards the high altar, the altarpiece was created by Domenico Maria Muratori in the 18th century. It shows a representation of St. Augustine . In the opposite left arm of the cross, St. Andrea Corsini is depicted, a work by Jacobo Zoboli , also from the 18th century.

The vault of the choir contains a fresco depicting the Christ Child , made like the angels of the pendentives in 1882.

The high altar itself is framed by fluted pilasters under a blown triangular gable and thus connected to the architecture of the church itself. The altar sheet behind it is set one level lower. It is framed by gilded stucco and shows the birth of Christ , a work by Filippo Evangelisti .

The side chapel was built by Virginio Vespignani in 1856. It is also a central building over a Greek cross as a floor plan with a flat dome. It is furnished according to the taste of the time in the style of the neo-renaissance . The four statues represent the evangelists . The two large oil paintings, they depict the flagellation of Christ and the kiss of Judas , are works by Francesco Grandi from the years 1855 and 1856.

literature

  • Walther Buchowiecki: The four patriarchal basilicas and the churches within the walls of Rome . In: Handbook of the Churches of Rome: the Roman sacred building in history and art from early Christian times to the present . tape 1 . Hollinek, Vienna 1967, DNB  550491015 .
  • Mariano Armellini: Le Chiese di Roma . Rome 1891 (Italian).

Web links

Commons : Gesù Bambino all'Esquilino  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Walther Buchowiecki: The four patriarchal basilicas and the churches within the walls of Rome . In: Handbook of the Churches of Rome: the Roman sacred building in history and art from early Christian times to the present . tape 1 . Hollinek, Vienna 1967, DNB  550491015 , p. 431 .
  2. ^ A b Mariano Armellini: Le Chiese di Roma . Rome 1891, p. 198 (Italian).
  3. ↑ a b c d Walther Buchowiecki: The four patriarchal basilicas and the churches within the walls of Rome . In: Handbook of the Churches of Rome: the Roman sacred building in history and art from early Christian times to the present . tape 1 . Hollinek, Vienna 1967, DNB  550491015 , p. 432 .
  4. ↑ Marco Benefial is also mentioned
  5. ↑ Walther Buchowiecki: The four patriarchal basilicas and the churches within the walls of Rome . In: Handbook of the Churches of Rome: the Roman sacred building in history and art from early Christian times to the present . tape 1 . Hollinek, Vienna 1967, DNB  550491015 , p. 433 .

Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 52.5 "  N , 12 ° 29 ′ 45.1"  E