CHURCH OF ST. AGNES

The church of St. Agnes "in agone", is one of Rome's masterpieces of Baroque architecture. Its concave façade is by the great Borromini, Bernini's rival; you can see it enclosed between two bell towers. Enter to discover a rich interior full of sculptures and frescoes arranged around the central dome, which is frescoed by a Genoese painter nicknamed "Baciccio". I'd especially like to point out the smiling lightness of the figures in the frescoes, which almost give the impression of wanting to emerge from their frames and gallop freely onto larger areas!