CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DELLA VITTORIA, Bernini's Ecstasy Of Saint Teresa
- Audio File length: 2.52
- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
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Language: English / USA
Hi, I'm Alyson, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.
Today I'll accompany you through the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria.
This church contains one of the most extraordinary sculptures in Rome: the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
The seventeenth-century Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, or Our Lady of Victory, has a travertine façade that forms a magnificent monumental set together with the sixteenth century Fountain of Moses, which was once the spectacular outlet of the Acqua Felice Aqueduct.
The church is famous and mostly visited for the Cornaro family chapel that was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; its altar displays the sculptural group called the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa....