SS Nome di Maria Rome Church Architecture

SS Nome di Maria Rome building facade

The Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum (Italian: Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano, Latin: Ss. Nominis Mariae ad forum Traiani) is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy.

Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Rome Church

Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Roma : Architettura

While many other medieval churches in Rome have been given Baroque makeovers that cover Gothic structures, the Minerva is the only extant example of original Gothic church building in Rome.

Santa Maria Maggiore Rome: Basilica

Santa Maria Maggiore Rome - Basilica of St Mary Major

The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, ‘Basilica of Saint Mary Major’, is a Papal major basilica and the largest Catholic Marian church in Rome, Italy, from which size it receives the appellation “major”.

Santa Maria della Pace Rome Building

Santa Maria della Pace Rome - Pietro da Cortona Building

Santa Maria della Pace, Rome, northeast of Piazza Navona. Historic Roman church building in the centre of the city (Campus Martius), including the beautiful Bramante Cloister.

Santa Maria degli Angeli Roma, Building

Santa Maria degli Angeli Roma - St Mary of the Angels Rome

St Mary of the Angels Rome. Location: Piazza della Republicca, northeast Rome, part created from Diocletian Baths, complex history/dates. Involvement of Michelangelo and Vanvitelli.

Sant Andrea di Valle Rome, St Andrews Church

Sant Andrea di Valle Rome - St Andrews Church

A church was initially planned when Donna Costanza Piccolomini d’Aragona, duchess of Amalfi and descendant of the family of Pope Pius II, bequeathed her palace and the adjacent church of San Sebastiano in central Rome to the Theatine order for construction of a new church.

Amsterdam churches architecture: buildings

Amsterdam Churches buildings canal trees

Westerkerk (English: Western Church) is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant church in central Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is next to Amsterdam’s Jordaan district, on the bank of the Prinsengracht canal.

Sant Andrea al Quirinale Rome – Bernini Church

Sant Andrea al Quirinale Rome Bernini church building

The Church of Saint Andrew’s at the Quirinal (Italian: Sant’Andrea al Quirinale, Latin: S. Andreae in Quirinali) is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome, Italy, built for the Jesuit seminary on the Quirinal Hill.