The Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican

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Overlooking Piazza Farnese, the church is named after St Bridget, or Birgitta Persson, a Swedish no
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The church is located in via Giulia, in the historic centre, and it is linked to the history of the Sienese Archconfraternity, to which the building still belongs
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We are in the Rione Sant'Angelo, one of the areas that were the heart of medieval Rome, and the
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It is thought to be one of the oldest churches in Rione Regola, and its first references date back
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The existence of the church, which stands in via dei Banchi Vecchi, in the historic centre, is already attested between the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century an
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The Church of Santa Maria Addolorata is located in the Trieste district and was founded in 1910 on the initiative of the Argentine priest Don José León Gal
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The church stands in the Monti district in the place where there was an ancient 13th century monastery which housed a
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It is nestled and almost camouflaged between two buildings on Via del Tritone, and this is why it often goes unnoticed.

Located in Piazza del Popolo between Via del Corso and Via di Ripetta, north of the ancient Campo Marzio, the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli is one of the "twin" churches, together with Santa M
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The church, belonging to the Sovereign Order of Malta, was completely renovated and re-decorated by Gian Battista Piranesi.

History and art, from the north to the south of Europe, meet in what has been the landmark church of the German catholic community in Rome for more than 600 years.

Located in the Rione Regola, along the elegant Via Giulia, the church was built in
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It rises in the Trastevere district and is the national church of the Japanese in Rome.

The Church of Santa Maria della Concezione of the Capuchins, which is more frequently referred to as Nostra Signora della Concezione, is certainly one of the most
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In a semi-hidden corner a few steps from Piazza Navona, you can see one of the Renaissance a
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Charming and with a long history, the church stands on the site of the medieval San Nicolò de Curte: the name curte, meaning “court”, may have been a reference to the princely establishment of the
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The name and origin of this small church in the heart of the Trastevere district are linked to a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary, placed on an external staircase attached to a n
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Located at the intersection of via XX Settembre and largo di Santa Susanna, the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria represents one of the most important examples of the Baroque period
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In the area of the Forum of Trajan, in a still today suggestive corner of the city, there was a little chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under her title of Our Lady of Loreto
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Standing on the crown of the Caelian Hill, the church of Santa Maria in Domnica is an ancient diaconia (a center for charitable activities) that was built in the 7th centur
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Santa Maria in Monserrato is located in the Campo Marzio area, in the historic centre, and i
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Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under a local Roman title of hers, Our Lady in the Portico, the church is a magnificent baroque ex voto: Pope Alexander VII made it build on th
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The Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina is located in via della Conciliazione, in the Borgo district
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The figure of San Filippo Neri, ”Apostolo di Roma”, canonized in 1622, is historically tied to the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella.

In the night between 26 and 27 September 1256, the waters of the well of a stable owned by Cardinal Pietro Capocci, a Roman noble related to the Colonna, the Orsini and the Cenci,
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Of ancient foundation, the church is named after the urban section of the Via Flaminia (the present Corso) and stands on the remains of a massive Roman structure, part of which (pr
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The church of Santa Maria Liberatrice stands on land purchased by the Holy See during the pontificate of Leo XIII (1878-1903), to erect a large building of worship.

A tiny church a few steps from the Pantheon, named after Mary Magdalene and built on a 14th-chapel: Santa
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The story of the Roman virgin martyr St Susanna takes us back to the time of the Emperor Diocletian: according to tradition, the young woman was in fact beheaded after she refused
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