Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia
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| Patronage : | Saint Andrew |
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| Address: | Via Flaminia / Via Enrico Chiaradia 00196 Roma |
Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia , also Sant'Andrea del Vignola , is a church in Rome . It is Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola's first secured sacred building . Although very small, it is still an important step in the development of sacred central buildings.
location
The church is located in the first Roman quarter of Flaminio on Via Flaminia , corner of Via Enrico Chiaradia , about 600 meters south of Stadio Flaminio and 1100 meters north of Porta del Popolo . It got its first name after the location, the nickname (more common in Rome) after the builder.
History and building history
Pope Julius III gave the order for the small building in 1550. It is not entirely clear why: According to one view, he should have fulfilled a vow, according to another, the building is related to the transfer of the relic of the saint to Rome. Giacomo Barozzi , who comes from Vignola - hence the nickname - received the order from Modena , possibly in connection with the construction of the nearby Villa Giulia for the Pope, and he also received this order in the same year.
Exterior
The building is constructed as a cube over a slightly elongated rectangular floor plan, the ratio of length to width is 5: 4. Above an all-round console cornice follows the dome cylinder, also with a console cornice; it hides the flat arch of the actual dome.
The facade is based on ancient models, such as the temple-like structure of Roman sepulchral architecture. Two wide pilasters with Corinthian capitals each support the simple, flat triangular gable on the outside . Towards the portal , which is also covered by a flat triangular gable, there are again two pilasters, in between there are windows that are vaulted by niches in the form of scallops .
Interior
The interior has a single nave, slightly rectangular in line with the outer structure. The walls are structured by a structurally and color-graded system of pilasters , an all-round cornice and above it pilaster strips . This wall structure also became significant in terms of development. The small apse is rectangular.
The outer dome cylinder does not reflect the conditions inside, the dome does not have a dome drum, but the cylinder directly accommodates part of the dome architecture.
A special feature, implemented here for the first time in urban Roman architecture, although it has already been planned on various occasions, is the elliptical dome. The ratio of length to width is 8: 7. Vignola himself took up the elliptical type in his late church Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri , but there he made not only the dome, but also the floor plan elliptical.
The dome shape became a model for numerous other churches. B. for the church Sebastián de la Plaza in Alcalá de Henares , which was started in 1617.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Grundmann (ed.): Architekturführer Rom , p. 152.
- ↑ Bussagli (Ed.): Rom - Art & Architecture , p. 418.
- ↑ Wundram (Ed.): Reclams Kunstführer, Italy. Volume V. Rome and Latium , p. 142.
- ↑ Grundmann (Ed.): Architekturführer Rom , S. 153.
- ↑ Tomann (Red.): The Art of Baroque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting , p. 85.
literature
- Marco Bussagli (Ed.): Rome - Art & Architecture . Könemann, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-8290-2258-1 .
- Stefan Grundmann (Ed.): Architectural Guide Rome. Menges, Stuttgart / London 1997, ISBN 3-930698-59-5 .
- Rolf Tomann (Red.): The art of the baroque: architecture, sculpture, painting . Könemann, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-89508-991-5 .
- Manfred Wundram (Ed.): Reclams Art Guide, Italy. Volume V. Rome and Latium . Reclam, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-15-008679-5 .
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Coordinates: 41 ° 55 ′ 16.4 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 19.8" E