Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (San Giacomo degli Spagnoli) (Rome)
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Piazza Navona
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Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore ("Our Lady of the Sacred Heart", also known as San Giacomo degli Spagnoli) is a Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary located in Rome's Piazza Navona.
An earlier church had been erected in the same place, on the ruins of the Stadium of Domitian, in the 12th century. The new edifice was built for the Holy Year of 1450 by commission of Enrique of Castile, son of King Ferdinand III of Castile. The façade, once facing the opposite side than now, was designed by Bernardo Rossellino. Pope Alexander VI, of Spanish origin, later had a square carved out in front of it.
An earlier church had been erected in the same place, on the ruins of the Stadium of Domitian, in the 12th century. The new edifice was built for the Holy Year of 1450 by commission of Enrique of Castile, son of King Ferdinand III of Castile. The façade, once facing the opposite side than now, was designed by Bernardo Rossellino. Pope Alexander VI, of Spanish origin, later had a square carved out in front of it.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostra_Signora_del_Sacro_Cuore
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°53'53"N 12°28'25"E
- Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere 1.2 km
- St. Peter's Basilica 1.8 km
- Pontifical Roman Major Seminary 2.8 km
- Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls 4.4 km
- San Cipriano 5.8 km
- Tre Fontane Abbey 7 km
- Santa Maria Madre del Redentore 13 km
- St. Nilus Abbey 20 km
- Cistercian abbey Casamari 88 km
- Abbazia di Sant'Antimo 146 km
- Regola 0.4 km
- Ponte 0.4 km
- Pigna 0.5 km
- Rome historical centre 0.8 km
- Trastevere 0.9 km
- Colonna 0.9 km
- Gianicolo 1 km
- Campo Marzio IV 1.1 km
- Campitelli 1.3 km
- Prati 2.2 km