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Chiesa e Monastero di S. Cecilia, delle Monache Benedettine |
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Chiesa di S. Ceciliae |
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Monastero di S. Cecilia, delle Monache Benedettine |
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Vaso di marmo che in mezzo del gran Cortile faceva ornato alli portici di cui era anticamente cinto |
Vasi takes advantage of the spacious court to get a broad view of S. Cecilia, an early Christian church founded on the house of St. Cecilia, martyr and patron saint of music. Vasi provides a view of its apse in Plate 160. Here we see an example of the blending of two styles: the 11th century porch and bell tower with the 18th century upper half of the facade by Fuga. As Vasi points out in the subtitle, the court must once have been surrounded by porticoes, with the large antique marble vase (2) at its center. Today the vase has been restored to its original central location and transformed into a fountain in the 19th century. The door to the left of the porch opens onto a corridor leading to a cloister next to the church and the associated Bennedictine monastery (1).
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