This collection gathers places and events connected to Bernini, the sculptor and architect of the Baroque. It is useful for visitors who want to see the works, churches and squares he designed, and for anyone looking for guided tours or exhibitions on his career and influence.
Places: Bernini (15)
Ariccia (RM)Ariccia is the town of the fraschette, one of our favorite destinations in the Castelli Romani for spending a day or an evening with friends withou…- Bernini in Rome: an itinerary through his worksGian Lorenzo Bernini worked in Rome for almost 60 years, under eight popes, and the result is that today there is no honest way of crossing the cen…
- Church of San Francesco a RipaChurch of San Francesco a Ripa
Piazza di San Francesco d'Assisi,
Roma
Best kept ecclesiastical secret of Trastevere, whic…
- Church of Sant’Andrea al QuirinaleThe Church of Sant’Andrea al Quirinale is on Via del Quirinale, a few steps from Palazzo del Quirinale and Scuderie del Quirinale, in one of the de…
- Fontana delle ApiThe Fontana delle Api is at the corner of Piazza Barberini and Via Vittorio Veneto, in the Ludovisi rione, on the sidewalk at the mouth of the stre…
- Fountain of the Four RiversFountain of the Four Rivers - Piazza Navona Rome
- Obelisco della MinervaThe Minerva Obelisk is the smallest of Rome's 13 ancient obelisks and, in all likelihood, the most photographed in relation to its height: a red gr…
- Piazza BarberiniPiazza Barberini is in Rome, postal code 00187, at the intersection of Via del Tritone, Via Sistina, Via Veneto, Via Barberini and Via delle Quattr…
- Piazza San PietroPiazza San Pietro is the great colonnaded square that stands in front of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini b…
- Ponte Sant’AngeloPhoto: Ruud Koot, CC BY-SA 3.0 license, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castel_and_Ponte_Sant%27Angelo_(Rome).JPG) P…
- Sant’Andrea delle FratteAt Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, on either side of the high altar, there are two marble angels that Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpted with his own hand bet…
- Santa BibianaSanta Bibiana is a small church, closed almost all the time, at Via Giovanni Giolitti 154, on the east flank of Termini station, squeezed between t…
- Santa Maria della Vittoria ChurchThe Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria is on Via XX Settembre, in the heart of the Sallustiano district, a few steps from the Fountain of Moses a…
- Santa Maria in MonserratoSanta Maria in Monserrato is the Spanish national church in Rome and stands at Via di Monserrato 115, in the Regola district, halfway between Campo…
- Triton FountainThe Triton Fountain, a work by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is in Rome in Piazza Barberini.
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