We build with Santa Cecilia for the restoration of Sant’Agnese in Agone – Corriere.it

Culture calls culture. The seemingly simple equation is not put into practice as it should be. An exception is Agnes in Lumen, which they created together on Monday, April 22nd the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome with the Webuild groupa global leader in the design and construction of large complex infrastructures, specializing in work for sustainable mobility, hydropower, water management and production, and green buildings.

The notes of Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, Alessandro Scarlatti, Georg Philipp Telemann and Arcangelo Corelli echoed in the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone and throughout Rome’s Piazza Navona on the occasion of the concert of the Baroque Academy of Santa Cecilia under the direction of the maestro and violin soloist Boris Begelmanwith Sara Blanch, soprano, and Andrea Lucchi, on trumpet.

The concert/event, promoted by Webuild Group, was projected live on the facade of Sant’Agnese in Agone to celebrate the recent restoration of the crypt and the intervention funded by Webuild Group. in collaboration with the Special Supervision of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Romefor the enhancement of the crypt through the artistic lighting of the site of the martyrdom of Saint Agnes, a place of prayer revered for centuries.

There are treasures in the cities that need to be preserved so that future generations can tell about them, explained Pietro Salini, CEO of Webuild. Protecting and redeveloping this heritage is part of the commitment our Group has proudly made in recent years to the communities in which it operates, to protect the beauty and past that has been handed down to us. The importance of this heritage lies in the balance between engineering and beauty, the same balance that Webuild strives for in the major infrastructures it builds around the world. We are finding evidence of this right now in Rome, where we are looking to the future of sustainable mobility with the construction of a technologically sophisticated and innovative structure like Metro C, and at the same time changing the history that preceded us by discovering that we have the possibility work, enhance with every day opportunity to bring to light.

The church of Sant’Agnese in Agone dates back to the 8th century. AD on the west side of Piazza Navona, the ancient stadium of Domitian. The building was built on the site where, according to tradition, the young Christian Agnes was martyred during Diocletian’s persecutions. The current construction was started in 1652 by Girolamo and Carlo Rainaldi under Pope Innocent, and completed by Francesco Borromini (1653-57), who modified it considerably, creating the concave facade with a single order of pillars and columns, surmounted by the high dome; The twin bell towers designed by Borromini were built by Antonio Del Grande and Giovanni Maria Baratta.

The client, Innocenzo X. Pamphilj, and other family members are buried in a crypt to the left of the main altar. The interior, designed by Rainaldi, maintains the floor plan of a Greek cross It stands out for the splendor of its gold and marble. The dome, supported by eight columns, was frescoed by Ciro Ferri, while the feathers are by Baciccia. The cellar, which was created from an ancient medieval oratory, houses the altar. The Miracle of Saint Agnes’s Hair, marble relief by Alessandro Algardi. If you go to the adjacent Tor Sanguigna square, you can admire part of the original structures of the Domitian Stadium.