Santa Maria Antiqua (Rome)
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church, listed building / architectural heritage, 5th century constructions
Santa Maria Antiqua ('Ancient Church of Saint Mary') is a Catholic Marian church, built in the 5th century in the Forum Romanum, and for a long time the monumental access to the Palatine imperial palaces.
Located at the foot of the Palatine Hill, Santa Maria Antiqua is the oldest Christian monument in the Roman Forum.
The church contains the earliest Roman depiction of Santa Maria Regina, the Virgin Mary as a Queen, from the 6th century.
Located at the foot of the Palatine Hill, Santa Maria Antiqua is the oldest Christian monument in the Roman Forum.
The church contains the earliest Roman depiction of Santa Maria Regina, the Virgin Mary as a Queen, from the 6th century.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Antiqua
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°53'27"N 12°29'8"E
- Basilica of Maxentius-Constatine 0.2 km
- Basilica Ulpia 0.6 km
- Generalate and Retreat Center Passionist Congregation 0.7 km
- Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore) 1.3 km
- Pontifical Roman Major Seminary 1.6 km
- Basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano 1.7 km
- Santa Croce in Gerusalemme 2.5 km
- San Sebastiano fuori le mura ad Catacumbas 4.6 km
- Tre Fontane Abbey 6.2 km
- Santa Maria Madre del Redentore 12 km
- Campitelli 0.1 km
- Roman Forum 0.3 km
- Palatine Hill 0.3 km
- Ripa 0.7 km
- The Jewish Ghetto 0.7 km
- Caelian Hill 0.9 km
- Monti 0.9 km
- Aventine Hill 1 km
- Celio 1.4 km
- Rome historical centre 1.4 km