Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Rome)

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Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore Link back to Institution infobox template wikidata:Q186282
Roma - Santa Maria Maggiore - Abside.jpg
Native name Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Location Rome, Italy
Coordinates 41° 53′ 51″ N, 12° 29′ 55″ E Link to OpenStreetMap  Link to Google Maps
Established CE
Website http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/sm_maggiore/index_it.html
Authority control
English: The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is a extraterritorial property of the Vatican. The church is located in Rome, Rione I. - Monti.

Exterior views[edit]

Front[edit]

  • Façade

  • Façade

  • Painting by Giovanni Paolo Pannini

  • Engraving by Giuseppe Vasi

  • Bell-tower

  • Façade

  • facciata
  • facciata
  • facciata e campanile

  • Statues topping the façade

  • Vaulting of the portico

  • Statue of Philip IV of Spain, under the portico

  • Statue of Philip IV of Spain
  • Santa Maria Maggiore BW 1.JPG

  • Porta Santa

  • Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - 7.jpg

  • facciata della basilica

  • statua della Madonna

  • facciata
  • facciata
  • fianco destro

Rear (from piazza Esquilino)[edit]

  • Rome-ObélisqueEsquilin-SainteMarieMajeure.jpg
  • Rom, Basilika Santa Maria Maggiore, Außenansicht Rückseite.jpg
  • Roma-santammaggiore.jpg
  • Piazza Esquilino, Santa Maria Maggiore.JPG
  • Roma-santamariamaggiore01.jpg

  • From a lateral view, 1963

  • 2007

  • 2007

  • abside

  • abside

  • abside

  • abside

Interior views[edit]

  • Interior

  • Interior in 1883

  • Interior in 2010

  • Nave

  • Papstaltar

  • Papstaltar

  • Caisson ceiling

  • Caisson ceiling

  • Same

  • Apse mosaic

  • Apse mosaic

  • Nave mosaic

  • Baldacchino

  • Chapel

  • Fresco above the organ

  • Ingulgence edicted by John XXIII

  • Grab Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

  • Vertical panorama of crypt, altar, and ciborium

  • Cupola

  • Cupola

  • Rose-Window

Confessio[edit]

  • Relic of the Holy Cradle

  • Same

  • Same, detail

  • Statue of Pope Pius IX praying before the relic

  • Holy cradle

  • Grab Pius IX

  • Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - 2.jpg

Sixtin Chapel[edit]

  • Dome, Inside view

  • Same, detail

  • Ciborium

  • Same

  • Same, detail

  • Torch-bearer angel

  • Tomb of Pius V

  • Same

  • Pius V coffin

  • Same

Borghese Chapel[edit]

  • Cupola

  • Tomb of Paul V

  • Statue of King David

  • Tomb of Clement VIII

  • Santa Maria Maggiore BW 5.JPG

Baptism chapel[edit]

  • Baptismal chapel

  • Chapel

  • Baptismal fount, detail

Cosmatesque pavement[edit]

  • Cosmatesque SM Maggiore n1.jpg
  • Cosmatesque SM Maggiore n2.jpg
  • Cosmatesque SM Maggiore n3.jpg
  • Kosmaten.JPG

Plans[edit]

  • Floor plan

  • Columns

  • Cupola

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