Genzano di Roma. The Capuchin Church (St. Francis)

The Capuchin church and convent are one of the hubs of the 'system of Olmate' initated by Giuliano Cesarini.

The Olmate are an urban revolution in the town of Genzano di Roma that Giuliano Cesarini made around the year 1643.

The church was located at one of the vertices of a triangle with sides made of the olmate avenues.

The architectural characteristics are simple, both outside and inside with a particularly charming cloister.

Paintings and busts of the Cesarini family are a found throughout with paintings depicting the Duke Giuliano III, his brother Philip and Gaetano (eldest son of Livia and Federico Cesarini Sforza).

The Duchess Livia is represented in a beautiful marble bust of 1851.