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Santa Maria in Trastevere Description
Santa Maria in Trastevere (the densely populated part of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber) is the oldest church of the Virgin in Rome. According to legend it stands on the spot where a spring of oil flowed 38 years before Christ's birth as an intimation of the future Savior. This may also be the place where Christians were able for the first time to hold services in public. The building of the church began between 221 and 227, in the reign of Pope Calixtus I, and was completed in 340, in the reign of Julius I. It was rebuilt by Innocent II (1130-43), who came from the Trastevere district, and redecorated in the Baroque period. It is now one of the finest and most imposing churches in Rome. The church has a Romanesque campanile, a
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Hobbies & Activities category: Architecture - Romanesque;  Paintings, art collections;  Christian sites
Address
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere
I-00186 Rome
Italy
Hours
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Closed12:3012:3012:3012:3012:3012:3012:30
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Cost
FREE
Transit
Bus: 44, 75, 170, 181, 280, 710, 717, 718, 719, 774, 780.
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