San Giuseppe alla Lungara

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San Giuseppe alla Lungara is a church of Rome (Italy), in the Rione Trastevere, facing on Via della Lungara. It was built under the papacy of Clement XII in 1734, after a design by Ludovico Rusconi Sassi; it underwent restoration works during the 19th century, when its collapsed dome was rebuilt (1872).

The interior has an octagonal plan; the high altar is dominated by the painting " The dream of St. Joseph " by Mariano Rossi. On the side walls of the little chancel there are two oil paintings within simple marble frames, both by Mariano Rossi: the one on the left shows the " Adoration of the Magi " and the one on the right the " Massacre of the innocents ". The sacristy houses a marble bust portraying Pope Clement XI and a ceiling painting with the Triumph of the Church by Rossi (1768).

The cloister annexed to the church is entrusted to the Congregation of the Pii Operai Catechisti Rurali ; it was built in the years between 1760 and 1764 by Giovanni Francesco Fiori and shows a beautiful façade with many decorative features. Above the main gate there is the following inscription: “D.O.M. Domum hanc Piorum Operariorum Clementis PP. XIII pietas a fundamentis erexit anno MDCCLXIII”