Santa Maria in Campitelli or Santa Maria in Portico
Piazza di Campitelli, Rione Sant'Angelo
Rome, May 2019
“The main altar of the church housees the icon in a gilded glory or gloria of angels, clouds and rays of light, recalling the effects used by Bernini for the apse of Basilica of St Peter. This main altar was designed circa 1666 by either the Bernini pupil Melchiorre Caffà, or by Giovanni Antonio de Rossi. There is a staircase behind the ‘gloria’ allowing a better view of the icon, open by request only.” (Santa Maria in Campitelli, Wikipedia)
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