"Chiesa del Gesù" is the mother church of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order also known as Jesuits.

It was first conceived in 1551 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola - the founder of the Jesuit order.
Groundbreaking - 1568
Completed - 1580
Architects: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and Giacomo della Porta

Music: D. Zipoli - Sonata d'Intavolatura in mi minore per Ograno e Cimbalo - played by Fabrizio Defraia.

Domenico Zipoli (October 17, 1688 - January 2, 1726)
Around 1715 he was made the organist of the Church of Gesù, in Rome. At the very beginning of the following year, he finished his best work, a collection of keyboard pieces titled "Sonate d'Intavolatura per organo e cimbalo".

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