The church is called "delle fratte" because, during the
Middle Ages, it was located outside the residential
area. After having been, during the Middle Ages,
the headquarters of the Scots, the church was given by
Pope Sixtus V (1585), to the Minimum Brothers of St.
Francis of Paola. Rebuilt at the beginning of the 1600s
through the interest of the Marquis Paolo Del Bufalo,
based on the plans by Gaspare Guerra, the church has a
taste of the late
1500s. The interior has a single nave with barrel
vaulting and three chapels on each side. There are also
two ofthe famous marble angels by Bernini for the Sf.
Angelo bridge (regarded by Clement XI as too fine to be
left exposed to the elements, remained in the artist's
studio and were donated by the nephew in 1729).
The chapel of St. Francis of Paola is also very
beautiful, it was built in 1726 by Filippo Barigioni.
The Stations ofthe Cross created by various Italian and
foreign artists tied to the ring ofthe Nazarenes who
frequented the area at the beginning of the 1800s, can
also be seen.
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In 1653, Borromini was commissioned by the Marquis Paolo del Bufalo io complete the church of Si. Andrea delle Fratte, ai that time, stili without the choir and the transepi. After having suggested an oval dome, refused by the client, Borromini designed another bui sei in a high square tambour with rounded corners.
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The design of the campanile is bizarre and
speciacular. li is square, taken from the tambour, culminating with cherubs with folded wings io ad as herms and with the four scrolls supporting the emblems of the saini and ofthe family. |
