Santi Gioacchino e Anna alle Quattro Fontane
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Patronage : |
St. Joachim |
| Consecration day : | ? 1611 |
| Address: |
Via del Quirinale, 24 00187 Roma |
Santi Gioacchino e Anna , Italian Chiesa dei Santi Gioacchino e Anna alle Quattro Fontane , also SS. Anna e Gioacchino and Santi Gioacchino e Anna alle Quattro Fontane , is a small church in Rome . It was built in the early 17th century and has been the church of the Belgian College since around the middle of the 19th century .
location
The church is located in the 1st Roman Rione Monti, right next to the building with the famous cloister belonging to San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane .
History and building history
The Teresian Carmel had at the beginning of the 17th century the concern, a hospice to want to set up in Rome, which they acquired at this point developed property. With the approval of Pope Paul V , they were able to build today's church from 1607 to 1611. The attribution of the building to Alessandro Sperone as the architect is uncertain . The building remained in the possession of the order until the invasion of Napoleonic troops in 1809. King Charles IV of Spain and his wife later bought the church and monastery and handed them over to another congregation, the Adoratrici Perpetue del Santissimo Sacramento , which in turn sold them to another church in 1839 exchanged. In 1846 the church was assigned to the Belgian College, i.e. the Belgian seminarians . The last restoration was carried out in 1931.
portal
The portal is kept very simple. The gate is flanked by a column on either side according to the Corinthian order . The pillars are fluted and sit on plinths with lion heads. Above the architrave , a blown triangular gable with a central cross completes the construction.
Interior and outfit
The small church does not begin immediately after the portal, a longer corridor separates the two components. In terms of its basic structure, it is a central building with the floor plan of a Greek cross . The church has a dome without a drum over the central room . The dome carries a lantern. In addition to the entrance side, the building also has the choir , which is covered with a barrel vault, and two side chapels. The walls of the central room are structured by pilasters according to the Corinthian order. The pendentives of the dome are frescoed , they contain representations of four saints who - also - missionary in Belgium, they are the saints Willibrord , Landoald , Rumold and Eleutherius . The frescoes were created in the 19th century.
The passages to the chapels contain oil paintings by the baroque painter Pietro Nelli , a teacher of Francesco Zuccarelli .
The altar of the right side chapel is flanked by screwed columns according to composite order, the painting of Mary on the altar retable is a work from the time the church was founded.
The left side chapel contains tombs of Belgian Zouaves who were in papal service and mostly fought or died in the battle of Mentana on November 3, 1867. An inscription commemorates the Belgian founders of the college, including Cardinal Engelbert Sterckx .
The choir with the high altar has a false dome, it is painted. The walls of the choir are structured by pilasters according to the Tuscan order . The altarpiece of the high altar contains a painting of the church patron, it dates from the 17th century.
literature
- Walter Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome . 1st volume, Brothers Hollinek publishing house, Vienna 1967.
- Mariano Armellini: Le Chiese di Roma . Roma 1891.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 398.
- ↑ Buchowiecki: Handbook of the Churches of Rome , p. 399.
Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 6.1 ″ N , 12 ° 29 ′ 25.9 ″ E