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Monastero, e Chiesa di S. Susanna delle Monache Cisterciensi |
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Chiesa e Monastero detto |
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Chiesa di S. Maria della Vittoria e Conv. dei PP. Carmelitani Scalzi |
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Strada Pia
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Fontana dell'acqua felice a piazza di Termini |
By exaggerating the perspective diminution of S. Maria della Vittoria (2) and the Moses Fountain (4) to its right, Vasi places emphasis on S. Susanna (1) and its convent in the left foreground. This graphic device reduces the twinning of the two churches which is noticeable in reality, especially now that the convent building between them has been demolished. Maderno's 1603 facade for S. Susanna obviously influenced Soria's facade for S. Maria della Vittoria completed about twenty years later. Both churches are aligned on the Via Pia (3) named after Pius IV Medici (1559-1565) who straightened the ancient Alta Semita, the ridge road of the Quirinal hill. On the right of Via Pia we see the mostra (terminal display) of the Acqua Felice aqueduct (4) built under Sixtus V Peretti (1585-1590), which brought water to the higher part of Rome for the first time since antiquity, and enabled the city to extend onto the hills again. The building of the two churches within a short period of time along with the conversion of the nearby church of S. Bernardo alle Terme, Plate 127B, begun in 1598 attest to this new growth.
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