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Why did Francesco Borromini leave for Rome in 1620?
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Francesco Borromini
Piazza Navona, Rome, with the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone, designed by Francesco Borromini, and (foreground) the Fountain of the Moor, originally designed by Giacomo della Porta and revised by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Francesco Borromini left for Rome in 1620 after collecting a debt owed to his father. He fled without informing his parents to pursue his career, eventually establishing himself as a draftsman and stonemason in the office of his kinsman, Carlo Maderno.2