Chiesa del Gesù
As you pass Piazza del Gesù, you’re looking at the mother church of the Society of Jesus—the Jesuits—and you can actually feel why their style spread so fast. Work on the Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, or Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù (people also call it Chiesa del Gesù), began in 1568, and it became one of the great 17th-century Counter-Reformation preaching churches in central Rome. The façade is often credited as the first truly baroque façade, and it set a template for countless Jesuit churches—especially across Central Europe and in Portuguese colonies. Inside, paintings across the nave, crossing, and side chapels became reference points for Jesuit church art throughout Italy and Europe. It was conceived in 1551 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and the church served as home to the Superior General of the Society of Jesus until the order’s suppression in 1773. …
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