Chiesa e Monastero della Purificazione (Book 8) (Day 2) (Map A3) (View B8) (Rione Monti) In this page:
On the Esquilino between S. Pietro in Vincoli
and the Monastery of
S. Lucia in Selci of which
the plate shows the bell tower, in the year 1589 a member of the Orsini
family built a nunnery and a church. The view is taken from the green dot in the 1748 map below.
In the description below the plate Vasi made reference to: 1) Monastery of S. Lucia in Selci; 2) Little chapel of S. Salvatore. The
small map shows also 3) Monastero della Purificazione; 4) S. Maria ad Nives; 5) Madonna del Buon Consiglio.
The nunnery became a barracks after 1870 and eventually was pulled down together with the little chapel. The walls on the street and one of the entrances is all that is left together with the view over S. Lucia in Selci. This church (left) is a fine XVIIIth century work by Giuseppe Sardi (although other experts attribute it to Carlo Fontana).
It was known as S. Andrea del Portogallo (Vasi refers to it with this name). The convex façade shows
the influence of Francesco Borromini.
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