Chiesa di Sant'Eligio vescovo degli Orefici

Da esplorare come tutto il quartiere.

Beautiful.

Un posto di altri tempi...e memoria di un caro amico.

Not very special but the name has personnel connotations that makes it interesting to me.

Un posto magico pieno zeppo di storia

This is a very important 16th century confraternity church, because it was designed and engineered by Raphael. Unfortunately he should have stuck to painting, because the mechanics of construction were beyond him and the church has had to be restored repeatedly since it was new.It's owned by the Guild of Goldsmiths. Finding it open is an event. However, you can visit by appointment. Ignore the times on the brass plaque on the door (such brass plaques on Roman church doors, ostensibly giving opening times, are usually mendacious). The Confraternity website advises that you should phone 10:00-13:00, Monday to Friday, in order to arrange a visit between the same times.The number to call is 06.6868260.Alternatively, you could sign up for one of those expensive guided tours from a firm that specialises in places like this.

Chiesa disegnata dal giovane Rafaello ma facciaya ricostruita nel 1620 dal Bonazzini

Gli spazi ridotti rendono più preziose le sottolineature delle costole, degli affreschi e dei bassorilievi dell'impianto a croce latina; si ha tutto vicino ,raccolto ed a portata di mano e di occhio :un gioiellino a distanza ravvicinata, come i ceselli degli orafi cui la chiesa è dedicata!

La chiesa è visitabile Previa prenotazione dal lunedì al venerdì dalle 9 alle 13 telefono 06 68 68 260

Beautiful, intimate church that was Raphael’s first executed church design.