SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO

FONTANE
By: Siti Maarliana
Afifah Nadia
Nurliana
SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO
FONTANE

The Church of Saint
Charles at the Four
Fountains is
a Roman
Catholic church
in Rome , Italy.
The church was
designed by the
architect Francesco
Borromini and it was
his first independent
commission.
iconic masterpiece
of Baroque architecture,
built as part of a complex of
monastic buildings on
the Quirinal Hill for the
Spanish Trinitarians
an order dedicated to the
freeing of Christian slaves
It is one of at least three
churches in Rome
dedicated to San Carlo,
including San Carlo ai
Catinari and San Carlo al
Corso.
Faade of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Basic information
Location Rome, Italy
Geographic
coordinates
41546.6N122926.7EC
oordinates: 41546.6N 12
2926.7E
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Year consecrated 1646
Ecclesiastical or
organizational status
Parish church
Leadership P. Pedro Aliaga Asensio
Website www.sancarlino-
borromini.it
Architectural description
Architect(s) Francesco Borromini
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Baroque
Direction of faade NW
Groundbreaking 1638
Specifications
Length 20 metres (66 ft)
Width 12 metres (39 ft)
EXTERIOR
Plan for San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Concave-convex facade

Tall corinthian columns stand on plinths and bear
the main entablatures

Above the main entrance, cherubim herms frame the
central figure of Saint Charles Borromeo
by Antonio Raggi

Either side are statues of St. John of Matha and
St. Felix of Valois, the founders of the Trinitarian
Order.

The plan and section show the layout of the cramped
and difficult site

The building sits in a small space on a corner lot,
surrounded by other buildings belonging to the church.
Borrominis plan took an unusual
shape, somewhere between a
rectangle, a cross, and an oval. Not
only does this plan take advantage of the
small lot on which the Church sitsit
also manages to be cruciform,
central-plan, and basilican all at once
Dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
INTERIOR

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane is
designed with two stories, each
divided into bays.

Wall surface defines Borromini
architecture and sets it apart from
the classicizing architecture of
Bernini.
The interior is both traditional and innovative.

Its walls are adorned with classical columns, but they curve around in a way that
suggests movement, an effect that was fairly progressive in its time.

The faade includes elements of classical architecture and applies them in a new and
innovative way.

Convex and concave curves that result in a rippling, wavelike faade.

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