giovedì 20 settembre 2007

I famosi "canterani" di Piazza Sant'Ignazio

Today, in this posts, i would like to join two of my favourite topics: the love for my city and that one for the furnishings. I didn't believe, until few moments ago, that was possible for me join these two subject, but i was wrong!
Have you ever seen that beautiful furniture characterized by rounded and delicate shape the so called style of "Luigi XIV"? Would you have never thought to find, in the center of Rome,
a district where the building have the same shape of that furniture?! Try to imagine.... giant drawers, four plan high!! And well...Rome astonished me once again....we are in the district called "Pigna", in the square of Sant'Ignazio.
The buildings that look onto the incredibly beautiful square of Sant'Ignazio are the famous “canterani”, thus depreciatively named by Filippo Raguzzini because they were made in the shape of the furniture of that time (1650-1750). Despite early critics they are now much admired.
To have an apartment in one of those "canterani" is today a sign of distinction, but few people can today boast themselves for having a similar fortune!!
Tastes change, what today is ugly will become beautiful tomorrow!