Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri

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Church of Saint Anne in the Vatican
Sant'Anna de' Parafrenieri
Borromini, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola[2]
TypeChurch
StyleBaroque
Groundbreaking1565
Completed1775
Specifications
Direction of façadeS
Length28 metres (92 ft)
Width12 metres (39 ft)
Height (max)20 metres (66 ft)
Website
www.santanna.va

The Church of Saint Anne in the Vatican (

Vicariate of the Vatican City and is located beside the Porta Sant'Anna (Saint Anne's Gate), an international border crossing between Vatican City State and Italy.[3][4]

Commissioned by the Venerabile Arciconfraternita di Sant'Anna de Palafrenieri, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola introduced the oval plan to church design, for the first time in the churches of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia and Saint Anne in Vatican, pioneering a plan which was to become influential to Baroque architecture.[5]

History

On 20 November 1565,

David Watkin, Vignola introduced the oval plan to church design for the first time in the churches of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia and Saint Anne in the Vatican, pioneering a plan which was to become influential to Baroque architecture.[5]

After a smooth start, the construction of the church slowed because the Archconfraternity was in financial trouble. After Vignola's death in 1573, the church was finished by his son

Borromini and later attached to the oval church[when?] prefigured the facade of the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone in attempting to reconcile a front with five bats to two towers.[8] The facade was completed between 1700 and 1721 by Alessandro Specchi while the dome was finally built in 1763 and completed in 1775.[6]

Engraving of 1615, which shows the gabled roof, with the bell tower

The Archconfraternity briefly exhibited in St. Anne a painting of the saint it commissioned in 1603 from

Cardinal Scipione Borghese and now hangs in the museum of the Galleria Borghese.[citation needed
]

The church belonged to the Archconfraternity until the

Augustinian Order.[9]

In return, Pope Pius XI granted the Archconfraternity the church of Santa Caterina della Rota.[10]

Interior

The interior, built to Vignola's design, is elliptical with eight side chapels. The main entrance is located at one end of the major axis of the ellipse. The minor axis ends with two chapels.

Four doors surmounted by a pediment and framed by travertine columns with Corinthian capitals are distributed between the main altar and the side chapels. Four large arches rise at the ends of the two main axes, framing the areas of entry, the altar and the two chapels. The sacred area of the main altar is a square enclosed by four arches as a clear counterpoint to the oval part of the church.

The dome itself rests on a plinth with a cornice with three strips, pierced at the base by eight windows. At the top of the dome stands the lantern, the only source of natural light onto the main altar. It is decorated with the dove of the Holy Spirit, from which golden rays radiate in circle.

Until the mid-18th century, the inner walls of the church were white and the columns showed the natural color of the

Pietro Ricci
. Despite the Baroque decoration, the initial plan of the church is still visible.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Official website of the vicariate of Rome". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b Lewine 1965
  3. ^ St Peter's Basilica also has parochial rights within Vatican City.
  4. ^ Diocesi di Roma. "Vicariato della Città del Vaticano" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-1-85669-459-9
    .
  6. ^ a b c "Venerabile Arciconfraternita di Sant'Anna de' Parafrenieri". Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ^ Comitato Nationale per il Vignola. "Catalogo Opere". Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  8. ^ "Borromini". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  9. ^ Pope John Paul II (2004). "Address to the parishioners of the Pontifical parish of St Anne". Holy See. Retrieved 18 December 2010. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ "Official website of the Vicariate of Rome – Santa Caterina della Rota". Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  11. ^ a b Pontificia Parrocchia Sant'Anna in Vaticano. "Interno della chiesa" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 December 2010.

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External links
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