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	Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is the largest church in Rome dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
		The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore — also known as the Basilica di Santa Maria della Neve and Basilica Liberiana in the Italian language and Saint Mary Major Basilica in the English language — is one of five great ancient Catholic basilicas of Rome: the St.
		The basilica itself was restored and extended by various popes, including Eugenius III (1145-1153), Nicholas IV (1288-92), Clement X (1670-76), and Benedict XIV (1740-58), who in the 1740s commissioned Ferdinando Fuga to build the present façade and to modify the interior.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_Maggiore (1320 words)

	Properties of the Holy See - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Basilica of the Holy House (Santa Casa) at Loreto, Province of Ancona.
		The Basilica of St Francis at Assisi, Province of Perugia.
		The Basilica of St Anthony at Padua, Province of Padua.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Properties_of_the_Vatican (357 words)

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		THE BASILICA OF SUMMER SNOWS "Widely believed to be the most important church dedicated to Mary in Western Christendom"--Santa Maria Maggiore.
		The basilica's architectural and artistic masterpieces, contributed by some of Catholicism's most powerful Popes, underline one constant theme--the pre-eminence of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus and the true Mother of God.
		Santa Maria Maggiore as we see it today took shape in 432, when Pope Sixtus III (432-40) decided to build a new and more magnificent structure near (if not on) the site of Liberius' former Marian church.
	www.ewtn.com /library/CHRIST/MAGGIORE.TXT (1329 words)

	The UCLA Model of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A reconstruction drawing of Santa Maria Maggiore's early Christian form by Spencer Corbett was published in the third volume of Richard Krautheimer's corpus of Christian basilicas in Rome and again, somewhat revised, in Krautheimer 1980 (p.
		The excavations have shown that there is no evidence of a basilica older than the fifth century; furthermore, the foundations brought to light by the excavations are all part of a single project which is coherent both with regard to its building technique and its architectonic modules (Geertman 1986-87: 286-287; De Blaauw 1994: 346).
		The topographic context of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.
	www.cvrlab.org /humnet/smm.html (6121 words)

	Basilica di S.Maria Maggiore F20a
		But in reality the basilica in its present aspect and forms was built by pope St.Sixtus III in the 5th century to celebrate the conclusions obtained at the Ephesus Council in 431 which proclaimed Mary "mother of God".
		Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore had also another two names (apart from S.Maria della Neve and Basilica Liberiana): Basilica Sicinni (after anti-pope Ursicino who reigned for a short period in 366) and Santa Maria del Presepe (after a precious relic of the Crib of the Infant Jesus).
		On Christmas morning there is a procession in honour of the Santa Culla, or Holy Crib of the Infant Jesus, which culminates in the exposure of the relic on the high altar.
	www.italycyberguide.com /Geography/cities/rome2000/F20a.htm (947 words)

	VRX Studios - Rome
		The octagonal fountain in the historic Piazza Santa Maria di Trastevere is a remnant of ancient Rome.
		This Romanesque church, Santa Maria di Trastevere, built around 350 AD, is one of the oldest churches in Rome and is said to be the first church to have been dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
		Built by Pope Liberius in 358 and rebuilt by Pope Sixtus III between 432 and 440, the elaborately and beautifully decorated Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is one of Rome's four major basilicas.
	europe.vrxstudios.com /rome/tours.asp (917 words)

	Santa Maria della Salute Church - Venice for Visitors
		The church of Santa Maria della Salute is a case in point.
		The huge main doors of the basilica are opened, and Venetians walk across the canal to pay their respects to the Virgin Mary or--at the very least--to tradition.
		Santa Maria della Salute is on the opposite side of the Grand Canal from St. Mark's Square, near the triangular tip of the Dorsoduro quarter.
	europeforvisitors.com /venice/articles/santa_maria_della_salute.htm (771 words)

	ROMA -O- MATIC - Monuments and historical places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is one of the four patriarchal basilicas of Rome together with San Giovanni in Laterano, San Pietro in Vaticano and San Paolo fuori le mura.
		It is also called Liberiana after the basilica built by the pope Liberio in the point shown to him in August of 356 by the appeared vision and by the miraculous snowfall according to a legend which the other name of Santa Maria della Neve comes from.
		The huge and harmonious interior of the Basilica is 86 metres long and is devided in three naves by monolithic columns (36 ones of "imetto" marble and 4 ones of granite) with ionic capitels which support directly a decorated vault by the mosaic stem and still conserve the precious testimonies of the original paleocristiane?.
	www.roma-o-matic.com /monumenti_en.php3?cod_ric=6 (383 words)

	Bettoja Hotels - Monuments in Rome - Basilica of S. M. Maggiore
		The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, called Maggiore, in this case meaning "bigger" because it is the largest church in Rome dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
		Its façade was decorated in the 13th century by Rusiti with a mosaic narrating the legend of the miraculous founding of the Libertarian Basilica in 352.
		The rear facade of the Basilica is one of the most solemn realizations of Roman Baroque and is set on a grand flight of monumental steps leading down to Piazza Esquilino.
	www.bettojahotels.it /english/rome/bettoja_hotel_rome_monuments01.html (296 words)

	Roma: Tutte le informazioni su Roma su Encyclopedia.it
		L'ultimo di questi venne cacciato dai cittadini di Roma nel 509 AC, che subito dopo fondarono la Repubblica Romana che durerà fino alla seconda metà del I secolo AC.
		Tra le centinaia di Chiese, Roma ospita le cinque principali basiliche della Chiesa Cattolica: San Pietro in Vaticano, San Paolo fuori le mura, Santa Maria Maggiore, San Lorenzo fuori le mura e San Giovanni in Laterano, sede della diocesi di Roma e centro spirituale dell'intera Chiesa Cattolica.
		Il Vescovo di Roma è il Papa, coadiuvato da un vicario (normalmente un cardinale) per la sua attività pastorale.
	www.encyclopedia.it /r/ro/roma.html (1252 words)

	Domenico Fontana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He was born at Merli on the Lake of Lugano (Lake of Lugano: more facts about this subject) and died at Naples (Naples: A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region).
		For the same patron, he constructed the Palazzo Montalto near S. Maria Maggiore, with its skilful distribution of masses and tied decorative scheme of reliefs and festoons, impressive because of the dexterity with which the artist adapted the plan to the site at his disposal.
		Of more importance were the alterations he made in Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano: basilica di san giovanni in laterano - known in english as saint john lateran basilica...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/domenico_fontana (502 words)

	roma bed & breakfast - abcbb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Along this road there is Basilica di Santa Agnese fuori le Mura (IV century)wich has the apse decorated with a precious byzantine mosaic from VII century.
		Risulta composta di due chiese contigue e di opposto orientamento, riunite tra loro nel XIII secolo mediante l'abbattimento delle absidi.
		Adjoining the basilica is the Lateran Palace, home of the popes in the Middle Ages.
	www.abcbb.com /ing/other_4.htm (1044 words)

	A2Z Languages: Rome, Italy - Museums
		The Arco di Tito or the Arch of Titus, at the Colosseo end of the forum, was built in 81AD in honor of the victories of the emperors Titus and Vespasian against Jerusalem.
		Today the Basilica is in one of the busiest areas of Rome, close to the Railway Station.
		The ceiling of Santa Maria Maggiore was designed by Giuliano da Sangallo towards the end of the 15th century.
	www.a2zlanguages.com /Italy/Rome/rome_basilicas.htm (1281 words)

	Bernard Cardinal Law - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Bernard Francis Cardinal Law (born November 4, 1931 in Torreon, Mexico) is a Roman Catholic cardinal and is the archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Susannae and a member of the Roman Curia that governs the Universal Church.
		He is currently the archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S.
		Following his resignation, on May 27, 2004, Pope John Paul II appoined Cardinal Law to several administrative posts of the Roman Curia and named him as archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the five major basilica of the Roman Catholic Church.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Bernard_Cardinal_Law (1576 words)

	Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Acathist Hymn / Akathist Hymn / Hymn of the Akathistos / Al Madaayeh ...
		The Acathist Hymn / Hymn of the Akathistos celebration in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major / Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome on December 8, 2000 was the Jubilee 2000 event for the Byzantine Rite (nonslavs).
		Rivolgo il mio cordiale saluto a tutti i Vescovi di rito bizantino presenti in questa Basilica insieme con i loro fedeli.
		Behold yourselves gathered int the Basilica which the Roman people, in the aftermath of the Council of Ephesus, have dedicated with devote fervor to the Holy Virgin Mary.
	www.mliles.com /melkite/acathist2000.shtml (2855 words)

	Jubilee (Christian) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On this occasion daily visits to the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano were enjoined, besides those to the basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul outside the Walls, while at the next Jubilee, (in 1390) the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore was added to the list.
		The Jubilee was closed by the pope on January 6, 2001, by the closing of the holy door of St. Peter's and the promulgation of the Apostolic Letter ''Novo Millennio Ineunte'' (''Upon Entering the New Millennium''), which outlined the pope's vision for the future of the Church.
		Previously, the rite included the use of a silver hammer (for removing the concrete at the opening) and a silver trowel (for sealing it again after the Jubilee), however, in the Great Jubilee of 2000, Pope John Paul II simplified the rite considerably, opening and closing the doors with his hands.
	copernicus.subdomain.de /Roman_Jubilee (2397 words)

	Rome Photo Gallery
		This rather simple church, the Chiesa di San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane is situated at the Via del Quirinale.
		The ceiling of the side-ship of Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
		This is the Basilica di S. Antonio, a smaller yet beautiful church at the Via Merulana.
	www.zanzig.com /travel/rome-termini.htm (403 words)

	Gezivar.com italya yunanistan gezi sitesi ** (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The main facade was added in the 18th century, preserving the glorious 13th-century mosaics of the earlier facade.
		With a baroque interior and a Romanesque bell tower, the basilica's most notable feature is a cycle of mosaics from the 5th century that decorate the arch and nave, depicting biblical scenes.
		Founded by Constantine in the 4th century, and the first Christian basilica constructed in Rome, this is the city's official cathedral and one of the most important in the Christian world.
	www.gezivar.com /holy_see/obt.htm (195 words)

	Rome Hotel Nord - Urban Settings Squares and Churches
		In Piazza Santa Chiara is the Renaissance church of the same name while in the palace across from it, you can find the Rossini Theater.
		The middle of the piazza is adorned with an Egyptian obelisk from the 6th century BC for which Bernini planned the bizarre but beautiful foundation with a marble elephant supporting the monolith on the rich colored blanket on its back.
		In back, the beautiful church of Santa Maria of Minerva, founded in the 8th century with a 6th century façade, situated among the remains of the temple dedicated to the goddess Minerva.
	www.romehotelnord.it /english/itineraries/arredo_hotel_roma.html (1851 words)

	Italy 05-Rome, Christian Rome - photos of churches, temples & mosques in Rome on Worldisround
		Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore was located between my hotel and the Roman...
		The Santa Maria in Cosmedin church is pretty, but its fame comes from a movie.
		Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano is the cathedral church of Rome and the...
	www.worldisround.com /articles/279786 (208 words)

	Rome Hotel Mediterraneo - A Walk through the Park
		Along this street, on the same side as the church, is the beautiful palazzo of Margherita di Savoia (queen of Italy) designed by Koch, between 1896-1890, which houses the American embassy.
		Only a short walk away is the Piazza di Siena, which is over 200 m long and is shaped like an amphitheatre surrounded by a rock wall, pines and cypresses.
		The church of Santa Maria del Popolo (Saint Mary of the People) was a small chapel of Pope Pascal II constructed at the expense of the Roman people, from which it gets its name.
	www.romehotelmediterraneo.it /english/itineraries/parco_hotel_roma.html (1644 words)

	ROMA -O- MATIC - Monuments and historical places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Almost on the summit of the hill, 55 meters high, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is located.It is connected to Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano by a straight stretch traced by Pope Gregorio XIII (1572-85), that is Via Merulana,so called after the ancient family of Meruli which had their residence here.
		In the centre of the Santa Maria Maggiore square a big grooved column of greek marble stands.
		Besides the church of Santa Maria Maggiore there are a great deal of churches worth to be mentioned, among which are San Pietro in Vincoli, Santa Prassede e San Martino ai Monti.
	www.roma-o-matic.com /monumenti_en.php3?cod_ric=13 (612 words)

	Monti: the quarter of Saint Peter
		It is perhaps the most beautiful basilica in town, most elegant and sophisticated despite its nearly sober design.
		Many popes are buried in the basilica (especially in the two side chapels Pauline and Sixtine).
		The Pope visits the basilica, on the 5th of August (anniversary of the day in which it snowed), and on the 8th of December every year (Immaculate Conception).
	www.romanhomes.com /your_roman_vacation/quarters/monti-basilica-st-mary-major.htm (427 words)

	St.Mary Major Basilica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		St. Mary Major is the greatest of many churches dedicated to Our Lady; it is the only Roman basilica which, in spite of several additional decorations, has retained its original shape.
		It was built, as the legend goes, in 352 B.C. after an appearance of the Blessed Virgin.
		The basilica, also called "Liberiana", dates from the time of Pope Sixtus III(432-440).
	www.roma2000.it /zschmar.html (72 words)

	Hotel Canova Rome hotel - Official Site - Rome hotels 3 three stars Italy
		Located on Santa Maria Maggiore Square, at 400 meters from the hotel, this is one of the four patriarchal basilicas of Rome.
		Erected in the 5th-century, the beautiful facade of nowadays dates from the 18th-century and is a prelude to the interior spaces that are the repository of centuries of art and history.
		Also very interesting are the cycles of mosaics that span the 5th and 12th centuries, the lacunar ceiling of the 16th century, and the architecture and frescoes of the Sistine and Pauline Chapels.
	www.canovahotelroma.it /en/location.htm (801 words)

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