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Madonna della Strada
This 15th-century image, VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
the Madonna of the Road,
was originally displayed Practical Information
on the facade of Santa Piazza del Gesù.
Maria della Strada, which Map 4 F4 & 12 E4.
once stood on this site. Tel 06-697 001.
Open 7am–12:30pm, 4–7:45pm
daily. 5
Transportation
@ H, 46, 62, 64, 70, 81, 87, 186,
492, 628, 810, and other routes.
v 8.

. Monument to San
Roberto Bellarmino
Bernini captured the
forceful personality of
this anti-Protestant
theologian, who
died in 1621.

. Nave
Ceiling
Decorations
The figures in Il
Baciccia’s astonishing
fresco of the Triumph
of the Name of Jesus
spill out on to the
coffered vaulting of
the nave.

Cupola Frescoes
The cupola was completed
by della Porta to Vignola’s
design. The frescoes, by
Il Baciccia, feature Old
Testament figures.

1540 Founding 1571 1584 Church’s 1696–1700 The Chapel of
of the Society of Giacomo consecration Sant’ Ignazio is designed by 1773 Pope Clement
Jesus (the della Porta’s Andrea Pozzo, a Jesuit artist XIV orders the
Jesuits) design 1622 Ignatius of suppression of the
chosen for Loyola is canonized Jesuit order
the facade
1500 1600 1700
1545–63 Council
of Trent defines 1568–71 Vignola builds
the new Catholic the church up to the 1670–83 Giovanni Battista
orthodoxy crossing, under the Gaulli (Il Baciccia) paints the
nave vault, dome, and apse
1556 Ignatius of patronage of Cardinal
Loyola dies Alessandro Farnese

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