The Church and
monastery of the Capuchins, the name with which the two
buildings are better known, rise at the beginning of Via
Veneto, immediately after Piazza Barberini. The church
(the first in Rome to be dedicated to the Immaculate
Conception of Mary) was built at the beginning of the
1600's by cardinal Antonio Barberini and designed by
Antonio Casoni. With almost all built by the Capu-chin
brothers, the building has a single nave and five side
chapels, the altars are all made of wood, to recall the
poverty of the Franciscans. It holds famous works as
well as the celebrated cemetery below, united to the
large monastery, the provinc-ial Curia of the order.
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