Santa Maria Maddalena Camilliani 1735⁣

Opulent ceiling with a large Renaissance-style painting depicting a religious scene, surrounded by ornate gold and marble architectural details.
Ceiling with ornate gold detailing, elaborate painted frescoes depicting religious scenes, cherubs, and figures in a baroque style.

𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟱⁣

This church is really close to my hotel and it seems I walk by it everyday at odd times and it’s never been open. Some things in Rome are just like that. Closed. I don’t really know anything about it and it wasn’t on my list of things to discover so I paid it no attention until tonight on the way to dinner it was open. ⁣

And what an eyepopper it is inside! It’s not nearly as old as most things that interest me, and given it’s date alone I probably wouldn’t have been interested but the inside really impressed me, and this is after three weeks of casual non-religious church-spotting. ⁣Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Ceiling frescoes and ornate decorations inside a church or cathedral, featuring religious scenes, angels, cherubs, and gold accents.