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ROME
Churches
Santa Maria Maggiore (Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore)
This is one of the four patriarchal basilicas of Rome, situated to the north of the Esquilino. Built at the request of Sisto II in 432 and enhanced by a new apse in the thirteenth century, it was given a tall belltower in the fourteenth century. The eighteenth century facade, with its doorway and loggia, is the work of Ferdinando Fuga. Inside, the central nave is as long as it is wide, and is divided into lateral naves of 40 columns, 36 in marble and 4 in granite. The "Cosmati" floor is the reconstruction of a twelfth-century original. The mosaics and the panelled ceiling are interesting. |
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