Santa Maria del Popolo: Chigi Chapel

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Chigi Chapel

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The floor of the Cappella Chigi, in the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, sports a striking image of a winged skeleton holding aloft the coat of arms of the Chigi family.

​The four enlarged letters of the inscription 'Mors aD CaeLos' (Through Death to Heaven) form the date, in Roman numerals, MDCL (1650), the year the chapel was finally completed. 

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Dome

Skeleton holding Chigi coat of arms

Cupola

Chigi Chapel

Tomb of Agostino Chigi

Habakkuk and the Angel by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Hat made up of the heraldic symbols of the Chigi coat of arms