Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza

Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza is a Catholic church built to “fit” the University of Rome’s earlier palace life—because there was already a chapel here in the 14th century for the university complex called La Sapienza. When Francesco Borromini took on the commission in the 17th century (the building runs 1642–1660), he didn’t start fresh; he adapted to the existing palazzo and even merged a curved façade into the courtyard rhythms. That courtyard—known as the courtyard of Giacomo della Porta—gets completed by a concave façade, as if it were stitched to the surrounding arches, with small windows, a door, and a larger glass opening inserted where you’d expect continued stone. The dome’s lantern is famous for its corkscrew spiral form, and it rises to a cross crowning the top. …

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