CHIESA DEL GESÙ
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Church with a remarkable single nave and a superb interior decoration in Rome.
The construction of the Church of the Gesù, without being assimilated to the Baroque birth certificate, is nevertheless one of his first significant works. This church, mother of the Jesuit order, created in 1540 by Saint Ignatius, built on plans by Vignola in 1568 and completed by Giacomo Della Porta (to whom we owe the facade of 1584), has been copied in the Catholic world countless times. It meets the demands formulated at the Council of Trent by the Counter-Reformation thanks to its Latin cross plan and its proportions adapted to the preaching of the crowds that it is now a question of moving and seducing. The huge single nave was intended to allow the speaker to be seen wherever you are in the church. Don't stop at the facade, whose sobriety contrasts with the richness of the interior decoration: it too is characteristic of the first Baroque period. Inside, the frescoes on the vault and dome, the work of Baciccio, are a whirlwind of characters and colours that the borders of the frame do not prevent them from overflowing. In the middle of the nave, a mirror facing the ceiling was placed in order to admire this realization without risking the neck!
Cappella di Sant'Ignazio. In the left transept, a small production takes place every day at 5:30 pm in this chapel. A short sound and light show in Italian tells the story of the saint's life, while at the end, the altarpiece bearing the effigy of Saint Ignatius is erased to make way for a statue
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Ne passez pas à côté de la chapelle qui est à gauche du chœur. Les tableaux y sont magnifiques.