San Francesco a Ripa

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San Francesco a Ripa

  • June 27, 2005
  • Rated 5 of 5 by italylover from St. Louis, Missouri
San Francesco a Ripa

San Francesco a Ripa offers an interesting counterpart to Bernini's St. Teresa of Avila sculpture at Santa Maria della Vittoria. This small, outwardly unimpressive church in Trastevere houses a sculpture of The Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, one of Bernini's last works. The sculpture represents the Blessed Ludovica in ecstacy, and the result is just as expressive as and much more suggestive suggestive than the St. Teresa piece. The work is striking in its realism, and crowds are nearly nonexistent in the church (definitely different from the tour groups waiting to see the St. Teresa), so you can enjoy it in peace and quiet. The sculpture is absolutely worth the trip, particularly if you're already in the neighborhood to see Santa Maria in Trastevere or Santa Ceclia in Trastevere (which is only about a block away).

From journal A Study Abroad Semester in Rome

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