The Magical Missing Dome

Rome's church of San Ignazio di Loyola is a masterpiece of trompe l'oleil

The piazza in front of the church of San Izanzio di Loyola is a late baroque theater set of buildings. Inside, the sense of theater continues when you realize that the church's "dome" is actually a masterpiece of trompe-l'oeil painted on a flat surface by

Andrea Pozzo

in 1685.

Piazza di S. Ignazio

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