Description:
- This national French church holds the tombs of many famous French people. Caravaggio is one artist who features in this beautiful Renaissance church. There is a wooden pulpit with painted panels, fairly unusual for Roman churches; the façade was carried out by Domenico Fontana following a design by Giacomo della Porta; San Luigi is immortalised in a fresco by Natoire, and Il Domenichino frescoed Santa Cecilia's chapel.
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Contact:
- tel: +39 6 68 8271
Address:
- Via Santa Giovanna d'Arco 5
- Rome 00186
Neighborhood:
Centro StoricoHours:
- Office: 8a-12:30p, 3:30p-7:30p M-W, F-Su & holidays
Strenuousness:
- No Sweat
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