St. Ignatius of Loyola - Rome (Sant'Ignazio)

Amazingly beautiful church which I visited during my trip to Rome in Feb 2011. The false dome is particularly interesting. The residents of the neighbourhood where Sant'Ignazio was built didn't want a rather large dome blocking their sun, so Andrea Pozzo painted a fake dome on the ceiling using trompe l'oeil techniques. When standing on a golden disc in the floor of the main nave, the ceiling looks quite natural. From anywhere else in the church the "dome" looks quite distorted. From the alter it looks so out of proportion you wonder how you could ever have thought it was real from the entrance.The rest of the ceiling is also amazing, and would challenge the Sistine chapel! DEFINITELY WORTH A VISIT!!!

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