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Santa Maria Church was founded by Franciscan Friars as a visita by the priest Francisco Javier under the parish of Saint Martin of Tours in Bocaue. The materials was initially made of cogon and bamboo and later stronger materials. Then by 1792, Santa Maria de Pandi gained independence from its matrix and the construction of a bigger church ...
Unlike other town churches in the Philippines, which conform to the Spanish tradition of sitting them on the central plaza, the Church and Convent of Our Lady of the Assumption in Santa Maria are situated on a hill surrounded by a defensive wall on all sides like a fortress. The church is reached by climbing an 85-step stairway of granite rock.
An example is the church of Santa Maria Antiqua (i.e. ancient St. Mary) built in the 5th century in the Forum Romanum. Pope John VII used Santa Maria Antiqua in the early 8th century as the see of the bishop of Rome. This church includes the earliest Roman depiction of Santa Maria Regina, portraying the Virgin Mary as a Queen in the 6th century.
The Piazza and Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, by Giovanni Paolo Panini. It is now agreed that the present church was built on the Cispian spur of Rome's Esquiline Hill under Pope Celestine I (422–432) not under Pope Sixtus III (432–440), who consecrated the basilica on 5 August 434 to the Virgin Mary.
The "twin" churches of Santa Maria di Montesanto (left) and Santa Maria dei Miracoli (right), seen from Piazza del Popolo.Between the two churches Via del Corso starts. . Although very similar, differences can be seen in this image in the two small belfries and in the two domes (noticeable from the number of windows in the tympanum of each chu
The Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere (Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere) or Our Lady in Trastevere is a titular minor basilica in the Trastevere district of Rome, and one of the oldest churches of Rome. The basic floor plan and wall structure of the church date back to the 340s, and much of the structure to 1140–43.
The Church of Santa Maria (Turkish: Meryem Ana Doğuş Kilisesi or Santa Maria İtalyan Latin Katolik Kilisesi), (Italian: Convento della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria di Büyükdere) is a Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey.
Since then, the town was named Santa María de Caboan or simply Sta. Maria. The church was destroyed by the 1639 Chinese uprising and was rebuilt in 1669 by José de Jesus María, as well as the rectory. [2] [3] Like the other churches in Laguna, the church of Santa Maria was heavily damaged in the 1880 Luzon earthquakes. [4]