page_title: San Giacomo Scossacavalli
section_title: Baroque and Modern Ages
hierarchical_section_title: San Giacomo Scossacavalli / History / Baroque and Modern Ages
caption_attribution_description: English: The Church of S. Giacomo Scossacavalli in Piazza Scossacavalli and the Borgo Vecchio road in Rome towards east, flooded on 15 February 1915 Italiano: La Chiesa di S. Giacomo Scossacavalli nella Piazza Scossacavalli allagata, posta lungo il Borgo Vecchio, il 15 Febbraio 1915
context_page_description: San Giacomo Scossacavalli was a church in Rome important for historical and artistic reasons. The church, facing the Piazza Scossacavalli, was built during the early Middle Ages and since the early 16th century hosted a confraternity which commissioned Renaissance architect Antonio da Sangallo the Younger to build a new shrine. This was richly decorated with frescoes, painted by mannerist artist Giovanni Battista Ricci and his students. The church was demolished in 1937, when Via della Conciliazione was built and the piazza and central part of the Borgo rione were demolished. Many decorative elements still exist, since they were preserved from demolition.
context_section_description: San Giacomo underwent thorough restorations in the first half of the 17th century and the second half of the 18th. On 23 November 1777, the church was reconsecrated by Cardinal Henry Benedict Stuart.
  It was damaged during the French occupation of Rome under Napoleon and restored in 1810 and 1880, when the stone socles were removed. In 1825 San Giacomo lost its status as a parish. In 1927 a fire damaged several works of art, and in 1929 it was assigned to the Sons of Divine Providence.
  The church was demolished by 30 September 1937 for the construction of Via della Conciliazione. Its art was given to the Capitolo di San Pietro and then to the Museo Petriano; some chapel frescoes are on display at the Museo di Roma. Elements of the facade, including the 17th-century travertino portal decorated with cherubs, are in the comune storehouse at the Bastione Ardeatino. The two relics (of Isaac's sacrifice and the presentation of Jesus in the temple) were placed in the church of the Santi Michele e Magno, the national church of the Dutch in Borgo, during the early 1990s; the latter is now the church's main altar.
caption: The church in Piazza Scossacavalli and the Borgo Vecchio during the Tiber flood of 15 February 1915
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