Michelangelo's Last Architectural Work

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Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri

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In 1561 Pope Pius IV (r. 1559-65) commissioned Michelangelo (1475-1564) to convert the ruins of the ancient Baths of Diocletian into the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri. It was to be the master's last architectural work. 

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Great Cloister

Interior

Holy water stoup

Bronze doors by Igor Mitoraj

Head of St John the Baptist by Igor Mitoraj