Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Entrance

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Gabrielli Chapel Artist: Girolamo Muziano Date: 1550 • The fresco in the center of the columns is Prophet. Above and below this are Allegorical Figures

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ S. Sisto Vecchio •

Anchor 1 ▼ Portico

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Conversion of St. Paul Altar Artist: Achille Stocchi Date: 1800s • The statue is of St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Anchor 1 ▼ Confession ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Marcella •

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Altar of St. Hyacinth Artist: Unknown Date: 1598 • The painting over the altar is Appearance of the Madonna to St. Hyacinth • The patron Ottaviano Leoni (Padovanino) commissioned this painting in 1598 after the Marian standard of the Capricanica Chapel was removed

Anchor 1 S. Cecilia in Trastevere Traditional date: 230 ca. Earliest record: 499 Current renovation: 1599-1600 • The church is dedicated to St. Cecilia who was martyred after refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods • The current church is located on the site of St. Cecilia's original house where she was killed • Pope Urban I (222-230) made the house into a house church. The current church renovation is from Cardinal Paolo Sfondrati in 1599-1600

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Chapel of St. Dominic • This was originally a smaller chapel which was built by the Arberini family and then given to the Iuperini and Amidei families. The Dominicans began a reconstruction project from 1649-1656 that can be seen in the eight black and white marble columns which are the colors of their order. Martino Longhi directed this project but it was halted for lack of funds. Fra Giuseppe Paglia enlarged the chapel in 1676 but this was not completed until around 1700. The Dominican Pope Benedict XIII renovated the entire chapel in 1725 with Filippo Bracci directing the project. Pope Benedict XIII was later buried here in 1730. The carved balustrade is of polychrome marbles. St. Dominic (1170-1221) was founder of the Order or Preachers

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ S. Marcella •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Capranica Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ Tomb of Luigi d'Aquino Date: 1679 ca. • The tomb is of Luigi d'Aquino • Luigi d'Aquino (1633-1679) was general auditor for 5 popes of the Reverend Apostolic Chamber

Anchor 1 ▼ Capranica Chapel ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Aisle ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Maria Maggiore Artist: Giuliano da Sangallo (started); Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (finished) Date: 1455-1503 ca. • Pope Callistus III (1455-1458) was the benefactor for starting the gold coffered ceiling. It was finished with the later assistance of Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503) • It is said that the gold in the ceiling was a gift to Pope Alexander from Ferdinand and Isabella who obtained it from the newly discovered Americas • Callistus' coat of arms appears 2 times. Alexander's coat of arms appears 3 times. As both Popes were of the Borgia family, the image is of a bull

Anchor 1 ▲ ▼ Pavement • The general pattern of white and grey-blue bardiglio marble is by Mattia De Rossi, an assistant of Bernini, in 1670-1671

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Apse Mosaic Artist: Iacopo Torriti Date: 1295 • At the sides of the inner arch, from Revelation, there are 24 elders, 7 candlesticks, and also the 4 gospel writers. They worship the lamb at the top center of the inner arch • At the base of the inner arch is St. Jerome Explains the Scriptures to Paola and Eustochia. The relics of St. Jerome were brought to this church from the East • At the base of the apse mosaic is the Annunciation • Torriti's signature can be seen near the feet of St. Francis of Assisi • This part of the mosaic was covered in 1593 for a renovation but restored in 1933 by Pope Pius XI based on sketches

Anchor 1 ▼ Dome ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Altar of St. Francis of Assisi ◀