Ecstasy of Blessed Ludovica Albertoni - Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1674

The Ecstacy of Beata Ludovica Albertoni

The Church of San Francesco a Ripa, just beside the Hotel San Francesco, contains one of the most beautiful sculpture of Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Ecstasy of Blessed Ludovica Albertoni - 1674

The entrance is free, as for all churches of Rome, and the statue is located in the last chapel of the left side, The Altieri Chapel.
Blessed Ludovica Albertoni was a noblewoman who dedicated her life assisting poor of Trastevere after the died of her husband.

How to reach it from the hotel

Once out of the hotel walk right until the square and you will find the church on the right side

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