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Architectural History, Italian Baroque, San Carlo, European Architecture, Architecture History, Baroque Art, Baroque Architecture, Classic Architecture, Classical Architecture

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, (Italian: “Saint Charles at the Four Fountains”) also called San Carlino, influential Baroque church in Rome that was designed by Francesco Borromini as part of a small monastery for a community of Spanish monks. It was commissioned in 1634 and was built during 1638–46, except for the tall facade, which was added about 1677. Built to fit in a cramped and difficult site, the church has an unusual and somewhat irregular floor plan in the shape of a Greek cross…

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By Teresa Satola Gay Catholics want patron saints? You have them: Martyrs who died rather than commit mortal sin. As Fr. Z notes in his post, they were martyred by a sexually deviant King, a tribal Lord. Fr. Z calls him a ritual pedophile. I never considered it that way, and I think it is interesting in so far as we are reminded that the King and his pagan court believed in witchcraft - the ancient religion. Interestingly, Black Africa continues to be plagued by witchcraft and…

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