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Rome seems to be the capital of churches with almost every street having some place away from the
bustle of the cobbles to pause and reflect. The pinnacle of grandiose church design and has got to be
St. Peter's Basilica
located inside of the Vatican City. There is nothing quiet like it in
scale and sheer architectural
beauty and it is something that has got to be seen to be believed.
Every church had its own character and style which varied from simple white marble to the most
elaborate use of gold.
The Church of the Gesu
has a very modest outside design
but once through the front door, you can see the most amazing amount of
detail covered in gold. The scale
of the place is gigantic with arch upon arch leading upwards to the ceiling fresco by Giovanni Battista
Gaulli.
The Sant'Ignazio church
has an elegant front with a
very clever dome painting inside
that was designed to give the illusion of depth because the surface is actually flat. The
ceiling fresco by Andrea Pozzo
blends perfectly with the physical windows and has amazing detail with the depiction of additional arches
extending upwards into the sky.
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