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Santa Maria del Popolo Rome: Caravaggio, Raphael and Visiting Guide
ByChristian February 10, 2026

Santa Maria del Popolo is one of Rome’s richest churches for art, yet it is easy to walk past it while crossing Piazza del Popolo. Inside a relatively compact basilica you can see two of Caravaggio’s most dramatic paintings, a chapel designed by Raphael and later reshaped by Bernini, Renaissance frescoes linked to Pinturicchio, important…

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Caravaggio in Rome: A Self-Guided Route to His Paintings and Churches
ByChristian January 18, 2026

Rome is one of the best cities in the world to understand Caravaggio because several of his greatest paintings remain close to the streets, churches and neighborhoods where his career exploded. You can see major works inside functioning churches without turning the day into a conventional museum marathon. The painter’s dramatic light makes more sense…

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