St. MALO

S. MACUTO

Via del Seminario 120

Originally built in the twelfth century

It belonged at first to the Dominicans and then, from 1539, to the Bergamo Congregation of Rome

They changed the name of the church in Sts. Bartholomew and Alexander, and had it rebuilt in the years 1577/85 by Francesco Capriani aka Francesco da Volterra (1535/94)

In 1726 the church passed to the Jesuits who gave it the name of S. Macuto (St. Malo)

It is the only church in Italy dedicated to the holy Breton bishop of the seventh century

FAÇADE

Completed in 1560 by Giovanni Alberto de Galvani from Ferrara, even if the upper part is by Francesco da Volterra excluding the projecting pediment added later

ALTAR ON THE RIGHT

“Glory of St. Joseph”

MAIN ALTAR

“Mary appearing to St. Malo”

ALTAR ON THE LEFT

“Sacred Heart adored by Sts. John of Nepomuk and Luigi Gonzaga”

All three paintings by Michelangelo Cerruti (1663/1748), painter who opposed the corporate hegemony exercised in Rome by the Academy of St. Luke in the first half of the eighteenth century

SERLUPI CRESCENZI PALACE

PALAZZO SERLUPI CRESCENZI

Via del Seminario 113

1585 masterpiece by Giacomo Della Porta (1533/1602) for Ottaviano Serlupi Crescenzi

It was sold in 1744 to the Ruspoli family and in 1800 to the Lovatelli family

In the COURTYARD “Sarcophagus with two seasons at the sides and woman with scroll in the center” of the second half of the third century AD

“The most noble example of urban Roman architecture from the second half of the 16th century, the most classic” (Wart Arslan)

It is home to the so-called OSSERVATORIO POLITICO (Political Observatory), an institution of “political culture” that is supposed to promote “activities aimed at the formation of the new ruling class and the development of government programs for the social, economic and institutional modernization” but which is in fact another totally useless Italian institution, created for the use and the consumption of the caste of Italian politicians