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Santa Maria sopra Minerva is one of the major churches of the Order of Preachers (also known as the Dominicans) in Rome, Italy.The church's name derives from the fact that the first Christian church structure on the site was built directly over (Italian: sopra) the ruins or foundations of a temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis, which had been erroneously ascribed to the Greco-Roman ...
the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, centre of the square, already attested in the 8th century by the Anonymous of Einsiedeln by the name (ecclesia) "S. Mariae in Minervio". To the right of its facade are inscriptions built into the wall commemorating the flooding of the River Tiber between 1422 and 1598 - the area of the piazza is the ...
The Temple of Minerva, Assisi. The Temple of Minerva (Italian: Tempio di Minerva) is an ancient Roman building in Assisi, Umbria, central Italy. It currently houses a church, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, built in 1539 and renovated in Baroque style in the 17th century.
The two buildings on the sides resemble contemporary examples in Umbrian painting, such as the Pinturicchio's Funerals of Saint Bernardino in the Bufalini Chapel of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. On the left is a cityscape including a depiction of Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius , which at the time was in the Lateran and was believed to portray ...
The obelisk was rediscovered in 1665 during excavations near the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. It had probably been brought to Rome in the first century AD for the temple to the Egyptian goddess Isis that was located there. The obelisk is 5.47 meters tall and is the smallest of the 13 ancient obelisks present in Rome nowadays. [2]
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Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Maria Capua Vetere: Pope Pius XI [an] Madonna del Monte di Racalmuto [153] 12 June 1938 Racalmuto: Pope Pius XI Madonna del Buon Consiglio [154] 15 January 1939 Santa Maria della Sanità, Naples: Pope Pius XI La Madonna della Salute 10 September 1944 Parrocchia Santa Maria del Carmine e San Giuseppe, Rome ...
The Risen Christ, Cristo della Minerva in Italian, also known as Christ the Redeemer or Christ Carrying the Cross, is a marble sculpture by the Italy High Renaissance master Michelangelo, finished in 1521. It is in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, to the left of the main altar.