Sant'Ignazio โ€” the church with a dome so convincing nobody realizes it's flat paint on a flat ceiling

The neighbors blocked the dome. Andrea Pozzo's solution (1685): paint one on the FLAT ceiling. Stand on the yellow marble disc in the nave center โ€” your brain sees a dome with columns, windows, and sky. Walk 3 meters off: the illusion collapses. Walk back: dome again. Plus the Apotheosis of St. Ignatius ceiling fresco โ€” the most spectacular ceiling in Rome after the Sistine. FREE.

Via del Caravita 8a (3 min from Pantheon). FREE. Daily 7:30am-7pm. 15 min. Stand on the disc. Look up. Question reality.

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