The "Sugar church" of Rome 🍡

Few steps away from the Pantheon there is a small church 🔸 This is the church of Santa Maria Maddalena, which has just recently undergone restoration, so it’s a must-see if you are in the Pantheon area! 🤩 🔸This church was built where once upon a time there was a little chapel from the 1300s dedicated to Maria Maddalena 🔸Then in the 1500s San Camillo del Lellis built a church (to replace the chapel), as headquarter of the Order of the Camillians, that he founded 🔸In the 1600s the Camillians decided to rebuild anew the church and to also opened the square where the church is: Piazza della Maddalena 🔸The style of this church facade is called Rococò style (in short: Baroque style brought to the next level). This style was quite unusual for a church and it was very criticized at t