Showing posts with label Rome churches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rome churches. Show all posts
Saturday, April 26, 2025

Santa Maria Maggiore - in the spotlight once again for the burial of Pope Francis

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We mark the passing of Pope Francis with a re-post of RST's look inside - and outside - of the basilica where he was buried today, April...
Thursday, July 22, 2021

Hiding horses, cows, Badoglio's sedan--and Jews: Basilica SS. Quattro Coronati and the Strange Career of Pius XII

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SS. Quattro Coronati sits perched on a narrow road. In Rome's "overlooked churches" category, we offer the lovely Basilica San...
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Thursday, May 27, 2021

The loggia of Santa Maria Maggiore - its almost hidden mosaics

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If Church Lady were in Rome... she would direct you to the loggia of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of only four papal basilicas in Rome. The 13t...
Monday, February 18, 2019

Monte Mario Alto: the Suburb that's Nowhere near Monte Mario

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In our latest effort to escape the powerful gravitational pull of central Rome, RST got on the scooter and headed out the heavily trafficked...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

A modernist gem in Vittoria: the Chiesa di Cristo Re

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The area of Rome we're living in is called "della Vittoria," and it begins about a mile north of the Vatican.  It was all deve...
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Monday, March 21, 2016

Mario Ceroli: Rome Sculptor

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He's hardly a household name.  And doubtless less well known than some of the other unknowns we've featured on the Rome the Secon...