Piazza dell'Orologio
Historic site · Ponte, Italy
The square named after the clock on the tower of the Filippini convent, which stands over it. Palazzo Boncompagni Corcos and Palazzo Capponi Stampa both face it. Roma Capitale's street register records the square as lying in Ponte and in Parione; this guide writes the square and claims nothing on the convent, which is Parione's.
History
it.wikipedia records that Francesco Borromini built the clock tower in 1648 and that a Pietro da Cortona mosaic of the Madonna della Vallicella sits below the dial. Palazzo Bennicelli, on the square, was begun in 1660 to Borromini's design for Monsignor Virginio Spada, for the Banco di Santo Spirito.
Visit
Piazza dell'Orologio, 00186 Roma RM
More in Ponte
- Piazza di Ponte Sant'Angelo · Historic site
- Piazza di San Salvatore in Lauro · Historic site
- Ponte Neroniano · Historic site
- Ponte Sant'Angelo · Historic site
- Ponte Umberto I · Historic site
- Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II · Historic site
- Santuario di San Salvatore in Lauro · Historic site
- Teatro Tordinona · Theater