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Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore

Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica di S.Maria Maggiore, Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
Italy, Rome
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Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore

Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica di S.Maria Maggiore, Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
Italy, Rome
Santa Maria Maggiore is a papal basilica, one of the four major basilicas in Rome. An interesting legend is connected with its foundation. On one of the summer nights of 352, Madonna appeared in a dream to Pope Liberius and the rich Roman Giovanni Patrizio and ordered to build a church on the spot where snow would fall the next day. The next morning, August 5, 352, snow lay on the Esquiline, where the basilica now stands. After that, they began to build a church.

The interior of the church, despite later alterations, gives an idea of ​​a huge early Christian basilica, distinguished by the perfection of proportions, harmony and solemnity. Of exceptional interest are the mosaics decorating the church.

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Traveled 16 years ago
Rating 6
Santa Maria Maggiore
The basilica is worth visiting. Take a smart guide for a tour. But don't be upset if you can't get into it right away. I got into it only on my third visit to Rome. Pay attention to the plafond. Gold brought by Columbus from America went to its decoration. Find the Sforza Chapel - it was designed by Michelangelo shortly before his death.→
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Traveled 12 years ago
Rating 9
For lovers of architecture and history of religion
In the morning, we left the hotel with the desire to explore the maximum possible in Rome without resorting to Turbas. To the right of the entrance to Termini station, at the newsstand, they took a ticket for three days (valid for both ground transport and the metro). Convenient and cheap if in Rome for a few days. I don’t write the ticket price, because time has passed and I don’t know how much now. And according to the card taken at the hotel reception. (do not forget about such a service) we go to Santa Maria Maggiore.→
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