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Bramante designed the mini-temple in the courtyard to mark the spot where St Peter was supposedly crucified.
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A chapel in this 1594 church houses da Cortona’s Adoration of the Shepherds (1630).
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Carlo Fontana was responsible for these late 17th-century “twin” churches, although Bernini guided him in the decoration of the more elaborate Montesanto.
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A charming Renaissance church, whose claim to fame is a Virgin and Child by Cavalier d’Arpino (Caravaggio’s teacher).
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Highlights in this gilded church are a Giulio Romano altarpiece and Peruzzi’s Hadrian VI tomb (1523).
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Home to one of the most lavish tabernacles in Rome.
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Pietro da Cortona designed the façade and vestibule (1660); Bernini the high altar (1639–43). Its 6th-century frescoes are now in the Crypta Balbi.
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The church is an elliptical Baroque gem. The 1735 façade by Giuseppe Sardi is Rome’s best Rococo monument.
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This 6th-century church, restructured in 1702–08, has a trompe-l’oeil vault above the altar.
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Built in honour of a 13-year-old girl who was stripped in a brothel but whose hair miraculously grew to cover her nakedness. Borromini’s façade is a wonderful play of concave and convex shapes.
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