Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri

Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri


Rome, Italy (IT)
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri (English: St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs) is a basilica church in Rome, built inside the tepidarium of the baths of Diocletian. The basilica is dedicated to the Christian martyrs who, allegedly, worked to build the baths.

Michelangelo Buonarroti worked to adapt the baths to a church up to 1561. Later construction was directed by Vanvitelli.
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri (English: St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs) is a basilica church in Rome, built inside the tepidarium of the baths of Diocletian. The basilica is dedicated to the Christian martyrs who, allegedly, worked to build the baths.

Michelangelo Buonarroti worked to adapt the baths to a church up to 1561. Later construction was directed by Vanvitelli.
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Links: en.wikipedia.org
By: doitsurt

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@ 2006-10-21 02:14:47
I love the Rome-maps!

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