PASSALACQUA, Pietro
(b. 1690, Messina, d. 1748, Roma)

Exterior view

1741-44
Photo
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome

The architects Pietro Passalacqua and DomenicoGregorini attempted in their plans for Santa Croce in Gerusalemme to combine the lightness of the so-called 'barocchetto romano', recently demonstrated in Santa Maria Maddalena, with the monumental language of San Giovanni in Laterano.

The picture shows the façade of the church.