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Santa Maria della Vittoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Santa Maria della Vittoria is a baroque church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin.
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Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy: Find photos, descriptions, maps, and expert advice on things to do in Rome, Italy on Yahoo! Travel. My husband and I have visited Rome twice and I always drag him to the Santa Maria della Vittoria to view Bernini's masterpiece, The Ectasy...more...
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Italiano: Santa Maria della Vittoria è una chiesa barocca di Roma, situata in via XX Settembre. Deutsch: Santa Maria della Vittoria ist eine Barockkirche in Rom.
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Santa Maria della Vittoria: Visit TripAdvisor, your source for the web's best unbiased reviews and articles about Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome, Lazio. Traveler Advice on Santa Maria della Vittoria...
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The Ecstasy of St. Teresa, marble and gilded bronze niche sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1645–52; in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome.,Sculpture has long been closely related to architecture through its role as architectural decoration and also at the level of design. Architecture, like sculpture,
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Built 1605–26, Sta. Maria della Vittoria harbours an unfailing crowd pleaser, Bernini's “Ecstasy of St. Teresa” (1645–52). It is a chapel conceived entirely in theatrical terms, Maria della Vittoria, Rome (1645–52) and in the figure of the expiring Ludovica Albertoni in the Altieri Chapel, S. Francesco a Ripa,
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Like the church of Santa Susanna across Piazza San Bernardo, this church was designed by Carlo Maderno, but this one is best known for Bernini's sumptuous Baroque decoration of the Cappella Cornaro (Cornaro Chapel), on the left as you face the altar, where you'll find his interpretation of heavenly ecstasy in the statue of...
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Cardinal Federigo Cornaro, belonged to one of the richest families of Venice. With him, Bernini did not have budget limitations and he and his team worked for years (1647-1651) on a chapel in honor of St Teresa in the church of S. Maria della Vittoria.
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