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Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

One of the four Major Papal Basilicas and one of the seven pilgrim churches of Rome, the building has been extended significantly but still retains its fifth-century core.

Rione: Esquilino

Nearby places

  1. Basilica di Santa Prassede (156 m)
  2. Fast and Furious (295 m)
  3. Palazzo Massimo (420 m)
  4. Termini station (462 m)
  5. Viminal Palace (463 m)

Santa Maria Maggiore from Via Merulana.

Looking down Via di Santa Maria Maggiore towards Monti and, ultimately, towards the Angelicum – the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.

The rear of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

A homeless person sleeps at the base of the Esquiline Obelisk in the centre of Piazza dell’Esquilino.

The interior of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

One of the aisles of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

A view below the High Altar of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

The Oratory of the Nativity, in the Sistine Chapel of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

A priest waits for punters in a confessional booth inside the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

Detail from Giuseppe Valadier’s baptismal font in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

Santa Maria Maggiore at dusk.

The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.