SantaMariadellaConcezione dei Cappuccini, or Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins, is a church in Rome, Italy, commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, whose brother, Antonio Barberini, was a Capuchin.
The church was designed by Antonio Casoni and built between 1626 and 1631.
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In the middle is a tabernacle donated by Julius III to the basilica of SantaMaria in Aracoeli.
In SantaMaria del Popolo, located at the far end of piazza del Popolo, there are numerous skeleton figures marking graves on the floors of the church as well as on the walls.
Its original attached to the facade of SantaMaria in Cosmedin was placed in the porch of this church in 1632.
Crypt of the Cappuccini Monks, in SantaMariadellaConcezione
Piazza della Minerva, near the Pantheon (look for the elephant obelisk outside the church).
This huge park dating back to the 1600s, redone in the mid-1800s, has formal gardens and lawns and is popular with runners and dog-walkers, although it is a bit far from the sights.
A bit on the expensive side, but splurge for a drink at one of the outdoor tables: The view of the narrow piazza and the Church of SantaMariadella Pace is well worth it.
The Church of SantaMaria dominates the piazza of the same name.
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the major concert hall in Rome, hosts many symphonic and chamber-music concerts, while Teatro dell'Opera is where to go to see an opera or a performance by well-known international dance companies.
The church of SantaMaria del Popolo (Saint Mary of the People) was a small chapel of Pope Pascal II constructed at the expense of the Roman people, from which it gets its name.
[photo 14] The church of SantaMaria del Popolo and the twin churches frame the beginning of Via del Corso.
In the center of the piazza is Bernini's unmistakable masterpiece, the splendid "Fontana del Tritone" (triton fountain), sculpted in 1643, a symbol of the old and historic capital city.
The Cemetery is actually five small underground chapels under the church of SantaMariadellaConcezione, which was commissioned in 1626.
The Cimitero dei Cappuccini can be viewed as an excellent example of the long tradition in the Catholic church of venerating and celebrating the relics of the dead, a tradition seen more in Europe and Latin America.
These monks who lived so long ago had lives not unlike our own, and the artwork on the chapel walls reminds us all that life is brief, but ultimately we can choose to make it beautiful.