Chiesa di Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
Sant’Andrea al Quirinale is a Roman Catholic titular church built for the Jesuit seminary on the Quirinal Hill, and it’s one of the key examples of Roman Baroque that Bernini left behind. The commission landed in 1658, and the church was constructed by 1661—the interior decoration wasn’t finished until 1670. This site had a predecessor: a 16th-century church, Sant’Andrea a Montecavallo, stood here first. The whole project was commissioned by Cardinal Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili, with Pope Alexander VII giving approval, making it the third Jesuit church in Rome after the Church of the Gesù and Sant’Ignazio. It was meant for the Jesuit novitiate, which had been founded in 1566. If you know Victorien Sardou’s *La Tosca*, you’ll like this detail: its first act is set inside this church. And in modern times, it has been the titular church of Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Scherer since 2007.
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