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- The church was
erected in the end of the 10th century by a Germanic emperor Otto
III and reconstructed in 1624 after the damage brought by a flood of
1557. In reconstruction works participated O.Torriani and probably
M.Longhi the Younger. The dedication to S.Bartolomeo took place in
1180 when the relics of this saint were transferred here.
Interior is executed in
baroque style and it is on a basilica plan with three naves divided by
columns. Here should be noticed a chapel Cappella dell'Universita' dei
Mugnai dedicated to the activity of the water-mills that existed in this
part of the river till the flood of 1870.
- Cappellina di S.Carlo
is located in the right nave and it was entirely decorated by
Antonio Carracci.
- In the Cppella del
Sacramento a big shell is embed which fell here during the siege of
the French in 1849. In that moment the church was full of people who
only due to a miracle were not touched by it. So this shell is also
nicknamed "of miracle".
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- On the left of the
church Oratorio dei Sacconi Rossi (Oratory of the Red Sacks) stood
for a long time. Its purpose was to control that the drown people
died in Tiber were buried according to a Christian rite. A cemetery
annexed to this oratory conserves a curious decoration executed with
the human-bones as it is done in the church Orazione e Morte in via
Giulia, church of Cappuccini in via Veneto and church of Stimmate in
Torre Argentina.
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Isola Tiberina, 22
 066877973
BUS 8 23 63
280 780 J4
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