SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE

By: Siti Maarliana

Afifah Nadia

Nurliana

SAN CARLO ALLE QUAT TRO FONTANEThe 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.

Façade of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Basic informationLocation  Rome, ItalyGeographic coordinates

41°54′6.6″N12°29′26.7″ECoordinates: 41°54′6.6″N 12°29′26.7″E

Affiliation Roman CatholicYear consecrated 1646Ecclesiastical or organizational status

Parish church

Leadership P. Pedro Aliaga Asensio

Website www.sancarlino-borromini.it

Architectural descriptionArchitect(s) Francesco

BorrominiArchitectural type

Church

Architectural style

Baroque

Direction of façade

NW

Groundbreaking 1638Specifications

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.

Borromini’s 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 sits—it 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 façade includes elements of classical architecture and applies them in a new and innovative way.

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

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