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It is the Florentines' Church in
Roma. Pope Leo X, of the Medici Family, gave the
commission to build it to various architects including
Michelangelo and Raphael; it was, however, Jacopo
Sansovino who began it in 1519, but was forced to
abandon the work because of an accident on the
building site.
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The work was continued by others
and completed towards the end of the century by Giacomo
della Porta. The dome is by Carlo Maderno while the facade
is from the 18th century. |
The interior of the church, in
the shape of a Latin cross with side aisles divided by
pillars, houses sculptures by Gianlorenzo Bernini and
Alessandro Algardi and paintings by Lanfranco, Carlo Maderno
and Francesco Borromini were buried in the church. |
