Jacopo Barozzi, called Vignola, one of the greatest architects of 500, has left unforgettable works and these should be counted among the small temple of San'Andrea located halfway between Rome's Piazza People and Ponte Milvio.
Pope Julius III had it built to the 1533 within the complex of his suburban villa villa Giulia, in remembrance of his flight from Rome. During the sack of Rome of mercenaries of Charles V, when he was still a cardinal, was one of the hostages and was probably intended to be executed.
He managed to flee the city on November 30, the day dedicated by the Church Apostle Andrew, brother of Peter.
The church is a central plan with elliptical dome with a window type of spa in the lateral lunettes. Its construction was used in the "stone" the gray stone of many churches in Florence, instead of the classic travertine. The architectural forms are inspired by the ancient mausoleum below.
The church that has a classical conception of space, is one of the most harmonious Roman buildings. Seems to be inspired by Bramante and from architectural point of view, despite its minute size, is an important witness in the synthesis of the humanities, with the centrally planned churches, and examples of places of worship in a longitudinal plan, its Counter-Reformation, the second half of the sixteenth century onwards.
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