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Architectural History, San Carlo, Italian Baroque, European Architecture, Architecture History, Baroque Art, Baroque Architecture, Classic Architecture, Classical Architecture

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, (Italian: “Saint Charles at the Four Fountains”) also called San Carlino, influential Baroque church in Rome that was designed by Francesco Borromini as part of a small monastery for a community of Spanish monks. It was commissioned in 1634 and was built during 1638–46, except for the tall facade, which was added about 1677. Built to fit in a cramped and difficult site, the church has an unusual and somewhat irregular floor plan in the shape of a Greek cross…

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