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The church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (Saint Charles at the Four Fountains), also called San Carlino, is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy.The church was designed by the architect Francesco Borromini and it was his first independent commission.
The Quattro Fontane [1] (the Four Fountains) is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in Rome. They were commissioned by Pope Sixtus V and built at the direction of Muzio Mattei , and were installed between 1588 and 1593.
The four fountains (Quattro Fontane) with reclining river gods (1588–93) commissioned by Pope Sixtus V. Borromini 's church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (or San Carlino – originally Chiesa della Santissima Trinità e di San Carlo Borromeo ), the first and last work of this architect (the façade was completed after his death ...
Francesco Borromini (1599–1667) developed the Composite order in San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome (1638). The interior of the church has 16 Composite columns. The load-bearing columns placed underneath the arches have inverted volutes.
Borromini's masterpiece,San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, is famous for its wavy oval shape and intricate curves. Another notable work, Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, features creative designs and a corkscrew-shaped dome, avoiding flat surfaces. After Bernini's death in 1680, Carlo Fontana became Rome's leading architect.
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Stone shield of the Trinitarian Order on the façade of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1638–1641) in Rome. In succeeding centuries, European events such as revolution, government suppression and civil war had very serious consequences for the Trinitarian Order and it declined significantly.
Below, and in the first corner on the right, is the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. Diagonally opposite and above is the triangular Piazza Barberini with the Triton Fountain. The National Gallery of Ancient Art at Barberini Palace; Media related to Palazzo Barberini a Roma at Wikimedia Commons