Piazza della Chiesa Nuova
Hours 7.00am to noon; 4:00 to 7.00pm
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Begun in 1575 it was founded by saint Filippo Neri, one of the great figures of the Catholic reform.
Noteworthy are the façade by Rughesi, the ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona; three paintings by Peter Paul Rubens on the high altar and on either side of it.
On the left of the church is the Oratory of the Filippini (the saint founded the Congregation of Oratorians), a true architectural masterpiece of the baroque style by Borromini.
Noteworthy are the façade by Rughesi, the ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona; three paintings by Peter Paul Rubens on the high altar and on either side of it.
On the left of the church is the Oratory of the Filippini (the saint founded the Congregation of Oratorians), a true architectural masterpiece of the baroque style by Borromini.
