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Santa Maria in Campitelli 9 Piazza di Campitelli, Rome, 00186 |
This church was built to house an icon of the Madonna that was venerated with particular fervour by the Romans - they held it responsible for the miracle of the liberation from the plague. The construction works were ent... more
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Santa Maria in Campo Marzio 45 Piazza in Campo Marzio, Rome, 00186 |
This church is quite original in the fact that, although it obeys the form of a Roman church, it is actually an Eastern-Catholic temple. The mass is celebrated in Aramaic, the...
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Santa Maria in Cosmedin 18 Piazza Bocca della Verita, Rome, 00186 |
In 1717, Francesco Carlo Bizzaccheri designed a fountain with the basin in the form of an eight-pointed star to honour Pope Clemente XI Albani. This symbol is repeated again a few times on different parts of the fountain... more
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Santa Maria in Domnica 10 Piazza Navicella, Rome, 00184 |
The church of Santa Maria in Domnica is also known as the church of the Navicella because of the representation of a Roman boat in a fountain that stands in front of it. The...
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Santa Maria in Scala Coeli 1 Via di Acque Salvie, Rome, 00142 |
The church of Santa Maria in Scala Coeli stands in the complex of the abbey of the Tre Fontane to the right of the church of SS. Vincenzo and Anastasio. It was designed by Giacomo...
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Santa Maria Maggiore 27 Via Liberiana, Rome, 00185 |
There are a lot of churches in Rome and they are all beautiful. Once you see St. Peter's, it can be difficult to decide which others you really need to see. I *highly* recommend checking out Santa Maria Maggiore (in Esqu... more
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Santa Maria sopra Minerva 42 Piazza della Minerva, Rome, 00186 |
carrying a rather small marble cross carved by Michelangelo (the bronze drapery covering Christ's nudity was added later). Under the altar lie the remains of St. Catherine of Siena. After St. Catherine died, her head was... more
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Santa Prassede 9/a Via de Santa Prassede, Via San Martino ai Monti, Rome, 00184 |
are relics of martyrs moved here from the catacombs. A sarcophagus on the left has a relief showing Christ as the Good Shepherd and Jonah resting on the beach after his encounter with the sea monster - both popular motif... more
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Santa Pudenziana 160 Via Urbana, Rome, 00184 |
Santa Pudenziana (ecclesia Pudentiana, titulus Pudentis) is a small church in Rome, easily overlooked, but is remarkable in several ways. It is likely the oldest existing church in Rome. It is built on the ruins of the h... more
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Santa Sabina 1 Piazza Pietro d'Illiria, Rome, 00153 |
In the entire city of Rome, Santa Sabina is perhaps the church that shows us best what Christian worship space must have been like in the early Middle Ages. From the basilical plan — a plain rectangular hall with t... more
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