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A Proper Place

From the Aug/Sept 2010 Print Edition

The Roman church of Sant’Agnese in Agone sits along the edge of the Piazza Novona. One of Rome’s greatest public spaces, the piazza is the site of the ancient Circus Agonalis. The piazza’s linear, curved-end shape is formed by an almost unbroken perimeter of individual buildings . . . . Continue Reading »