St. MARY OF THE SEVEN PAINS

S. MARIA DEI SETTE DOLORI

Via Garibaldi 27

1643/49 by Francesco Borromini (1599/1667) helped by Antonio Del Grande (about 1625/79) the architects also of part of the CONVENT (façade - chapel and vestibule) for Camilla Savelli Virginia-Farnese, completed only in 1667 by Francesco Contini (1599/1669)

“Despite the difference in the plant, it is in a sense a simplified version of S. Carlo Quattro Fontane although, above the cornice, the comparison does not hold. This project comprised possibilities that were further developed in the Church of Propaganda Fide” (Rudolf Wittkower)

“In Borromini's language the theme of plastic and linear continuity between the elements of the architecture gains such importance as to place some of the works of the master close to the logic of Gothic architecture” (Paolo Portoghesi)

INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH

Repainted and restored in 1845

LEFT ALTAR

Altarpiece “St. Augustine” by Carlo Maratta (1625/1713)

CONVENT

Painting “Our Lady of Sorrows with angels and symbols of the Passion” by Marco Benefial (1684/1764)

In 2009 the convent was reconverted into the Hotel Donna Camilla

BARBERINI PALACE ON VIA DEI GIUBBONARI

PALAZZO BARBERINI AI GIUBBONARI

Via dei Giubbonari 41

WING FACING VIA DEI GIUBBONARI 1591 by Flaminio Ponzio (1560/1613) for Maffeo Barberini who later became Pope Urban VIII (1623/44) who wanted to enlarge and unite the houses bought in 1581 by his uncle, Monsignor Francesco Barberini constituting the CASA GRANDE BARBERINI

Extension 1623/24 on Via dei Giubbonari by Carlo Maderno (1556/1629) and his colleague Filippo Breccioli (1574/after 1627)

FAÇADE ON PIAZZA DEL MONTE, ATRIUM AND ROOF TERRACE 1638/44 and 1653/58 by Francesco Contini (1599/1669) for Taddeo Barberini

In 1734 Prince Francesco Barberini gave it to the Discalced Carmelites, who transformed the atrium into the Cappella dei Ss. Giovanni Della Croce e Teresa (Chapel of Sts. John of the Cross and Theresa)

In 1759 it was sold to the Monte di Pietà (the central Roman pawnshop), it was extended towards Via dei Pettinari and an arch was built to connect it with the Palazzo del Monte di Pietà

The new atrium and the monumental staircase was designed by Nicola Giansimoni (active since1766/died 1800)

In 1819 twelve granite columns of the chapel were removed and placed in the Braccio Nuovo of the Vatican Museums

In 1870 it became property of the municipality who restored it

It is now the HIGH SCHOOL VITTORIA COLONNA and the ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TRENTO E TRIESTE

“What was notable is that his palace quickly became as an Academy of the most literate people who lived in Rome at the time. There were learned men enjoying virtuous and noble conversations, and also he had his courting of skilled people, not only in the most agreeable and most cultured letters, but in every other discipline and science as well” (Andrea Nicoletti - Life of Pope Urban VIII)