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Chiesa dell'Archiconfraternita delle Stimmate di S. Francesco

The early 18th century church, S. Francesco delle Stimmate, was designed by Contini and Canevari, faces onto a widening of the end of Via dei Cestari. On its facade is a statue depicting the miracle of St. Francis in the act of receiving the stigmata (wounds of Christ). The 16th century Palazzo Olgiati-Strozzi (1) stands opposite the church. Remodeled by Maderno in the early 17th century, only three of its original bays survived the 1880s demolitions for Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. The same urban intervention resulted in the complete removal of the Palazzo Amadei (4) which was replaced by a narrower, taller structure. Meanwhile on the opposite side of the street, part of the Via Papale, the mid 18th century Collegio Calasanzio (3) retained its volume but was refaced on the Corso Vittorio side. Where the street continues in the distance we see a wing of the Palazzo Cesarini (2) demolished together with the monastery of the Somaschi (NN 884) beyond it, in the mid 1920s for the archaeological excavation of the Area Sacra of Largo Argentina. This urban transformation can be verified in the modern satellite image.