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	Topics Santa Maria della Pace Topic Home Santa Maria della Pace is one of the churches inChurches of Rome The Churches of Rome are very many, over 900. ... RomeRome Rome is the capital of Italy and of its region, called Latium.... , not far from Piazza NavonaPiazza Navona Piazza Navona is a square in Rome.... . The current building was built on the foundations of the pre-existing church of Sant'Andrea de Aquarizariis in 1482, commissioned by Pope Sixtus IVPope Sixtus IV Pope Sixtus IV , born Francesco della Rovere, was Pope from 1471 to 1484.... . The church was rededicated to the Virgin Mary to remember a miraculous bleeding of a Madonna image there in 1480. The author of the original design is not known, though Baccio PontelliBaccio Pontelli Baccio Pontelli was an Italian architect.... has been proposed. In 1656-1667 Pope Alexander VIIPope Alexander VII Pope Alexander VII , born Fabio Chigi, was Pope from April 7, 1655 until his death in 1667. ... had the edifice restored by Pietro da CortonaPietro da Cortona Pietro da Cortona, byname of Pietro Berettini was a prolific artist and architect of High Baroque.... , who also added the famous Baroque façade projecting from its concave wings: this, devised to simulate a theatrical set, has two orders and is entered by a semi-circular pronaosFacts About Pronaos A pronaos is the inner area of the portico of an ancient Greek or Roman temple, situated between the portico's colonnade or ... with paired Doric columnsDoric order Summary The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of Ancient Greek or classical architecture; the... . The church presses forward almost to fill its tiny piazza; several houses had to be demolished by Pietro da Cortona to create even this miniature trapezoidal space. Interior The interior, which can be reached from the original fifteenth-century door, has a short nave with cruciform vaulting and a tribune surmounted by a cupola. Carlo MadernoCarlo Maderno Carlo Maderno was an Italian architect remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture.... designed the high altar (1614) to enframe the venerable icon of the Madonna and Child. RaphaelRaphael Raphael or Raffaello , born in Urbino, was a master painter and architect of the Florentine school in the Italian High... began to fresco the four Sibyls receiving angelic instruction (1514) above the arched doorway leading to an inner chapel, commissioned by Agostino ChigiAgostino Chigi Agostino Chigi was an Italian banker of the Renaissance.... , the papal banker. . The Deposition over the altar is by Cosimo FancelliCosimo Fancelli Summary Cosimo Fancelli was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome.... . The second chapel on the right, the Cesi Chapel, was designed by Antonio da Sangallo the YoungerAntonio da Sangallo the Younger Antonio da Sangallo the Younger was an Italian architect active during the Italian Renaissance.... , and has a very fine Renaissance decoration on the external arch by Simone MoscaSimone Mosca Summary Simone Mosca , also known as Simone Moschini and as Il Moschini, was an Italian sculptor who was born in Settign... , as well as two small frescoes, the Creation of Eve and the Original Sin by Rosso FiorentinoRosso Fiorentino Rosso Fiorentino, whose given name was Giovan Battista di Jacopo, was an Italian Mannerist painter.... . The first chapel on the left (Ponzetti Chapel) has noteworthy Renaissance frescoes by Baldassarre Peruzzi, who is better known as an architect. The second chapel has marble taken from the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. The tribune has paintings by Carlo MarattaCarlo Maratta Carlo Maratta or Maratti was an Italian painter of High Baroque, active mostly in Rome.... , Peruzzi, Orazio GentileschiOrazio Gentileschi Orazio Lomi Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter, one of more important painters influenced by Caravaggio.... , Francesco AlbaniFrancesco Albani Francesco Albani or Albano was an Italian painter. ... and others. The main feature of the church is however the Bramante cloister. Built in 1500-1504 for Cardinal Oliviero CarafaOliviero Carafa Oliviero Carafa was a remarkable Cardinal and diplomat of the Renaissance.... , it was the first work of Donato BramanteDonato Bramante Donato Bramante was an Italian architect, who introduced the Early Renaissance style to Milan and the High Renaissance style... in the city. It has two floors, the first with arcades on pilasters, the second with arcades on pilasters and columns. External links