A Tourist in Rome - St. Agnes in Agone
Location: | 41.89885, 12.47270 Piazza Navona, next to the Agonal Obelisk |
Metro: | None, perhaps Spagna. An alternate is to take Bus 40 or 64 (get off at Piazza San Panteleo, 2 stops past Piazza Venezia, then walk north from there). |
Time: | about 5 minutes |
Cost: | Free |
Hours: | Viewable at any time (from the outside) |
I haven't been inside St. Agnes in Agone, but it's the church behind (on the west side) of the Agonal Obelisk in Piazza Navona. It's a 17th century baroque church, started in 1652 and completed around 1670. Since the Fountain of the Four Rivers was completed in 1651, don't believe any urban legends that the Nile is bracing himself for the church to crumble upon him.
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