VIA DEL CORSO, Sant Ignazio And Colonna Squares
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- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
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Language: English / USA
Now that you've left the Doria Pamphilj Gallery with your head still full of the beauty of its masterpieces, continue your walk down Via del Corso along the same side. Right in front of you is the façade of the Church of San Marcello al Corso, built in the early 1600s.
Now take a small detour to the left up to the delightful Piazza Sant'Ignazio, which was made in Rococo style in the first half of the 1700s. The small palaces surrounding it have particular shapes and are nicknamed "burrò", from the French word "bureau", which means lockers: now that you understand the meaning, do you see how the buildings look like furniture?!...