Rating
4.7/5 (based on Google user reviews)
User Reviews
Ramin Moradi (4 years ago)
Relativity small and cozy church. The interior design is beautiful with a golden theme and detailed painting. Suited to rest and relax a bit after walking in Trastevere!
Relativity small and cozy church. The interior design is beautiful with a golden theme and detailed painting. Suited to rest and relax a bit after walking in Trastevere!
JUZER KAPADIA (4 years ago)
Trastevere, which literally translates as the area “across the Tiber,” is one of the city’s most attractive quarters: a maze of narrow, cobbled alleys. Once home to the city’s poor, the neighborhood has witnessed a proliferation of fashionable clubs, restaurants, and boutiques. At the heart of this charming quarter, overlooking an attractive traffic-free square, stands the Basilica of Santa Maria – probably the first official place of Christian worship in Rome. It was founded by Pope Callixtus I in the 3rd century, when Christianity was still a minority cult. According to legend, the church was built on the site where a fountain of oil had sprung up miraculously on the day that Christ was born. The basilica became the focus of devotion to the Virgin Mary and today is famous for its splendid mosaics. Both the Madonna and Christ are among the figures depicted in the facade mosaics (c. 12th century), while in the apse is a stylized 12th-century mosaic portraying the Coronation of the Virgin. Below it are a series of realistic mosaic scenes from the life of Mary by the 13th-century Roman artist Pietro Cavallini. The oldest image of the Virgin is a 7th-century icon, which depicts her as a Byzantine empress flanked by a guard of angels. Another image of the Virgin and Child can be seen near the top of the campanile
Trastevere, which literally translates as the area “across the Tiber,” is one of the city’s most attractive quarters: a maze of narrow, cobbled alleys. Once home to the city’s poor, the neighborhood has witnessed a proliferation of fashionable clubs, restaurants, and boutiques. At the heart of this charming quarter, overlooking an attractive traffic-free square, stands the Basilica of Santa Maria – probably the first official place of Christian worship in Rome. It was founded by Pope Callixtus I in the 3rd century, when Christianity was still a minority cult. According to legend, the church was built on the site where a fountain of oil had sprung up miraculously on the day that Christ was born. The basilica became the focus of devotion to the Virgin Mary and today is famous for its splendid mosaics. Both the Madonna and Christ are among the figures depicted in the facade mosaics (c. 12th century), while in the apse is a stylized 12th-century mosaic portraying the Coronation of the Virgin. Below it are a series of realistic mosaic scenes from the life of Mary by the 13th-century Roman artist Pietro Cavallini. The oldest image of the Virgin is a 7th-century icon, which depicts her as a Byzantine empress flanked by a guard of angels. Another image of the Virgin and Child can be seen near the top of the campanile
M in Paris (4 years ago)
This church is less famous and visited by tourists than the one in the city centre. However it is one of the more beautiful ones. It has huge golden ceilings, lots of statues and paintings. And because it is not in the city centre it os nicer to visit as you won't find hordes of tourists.
This church is less famous and visited by tourists than the one in the city centre. However it is one of the more beautiful ones. It has huge golden ceilings, lots of statues and paintings. And because it is not in the city centre it os nicer to visit as you won't find hordes of tourists.
Ferraro N (4 years ago)
Our Lady in Trastevere, one of the oldest Basilicas in Rome. It hosts beautiful mosaics from the 13th century. The church has a romanesque campanile and it is erected in an large square named after the Basilica, Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere. The interiors of the church feature two main naves separated by granite columns.
Our Lady in Trastevere, one of the oldest Basilicas in Rome. It hosts beautiful mosaics from the 13th century. The church has a romanesque campanile and it is erected in an large square named after the Basilica, Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere. The interiors of the church feature two main naves separated by granite columns.
