The giant doorway to this church disguises how small it is. Inside, a lantern leads the eye up and up. Pure theatre!
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Sant’Andrea al Quirinale, Rome, 1658–70, commissioned by Cardinal Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili for the nearby Jesuit seminary
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