Maria Maggiore Interior
by Joan Carroll
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Title
Maria Maggiore Interior
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore was about a block from the B&B where we stayed in Rome and we had no idea what a precious gem was so close! Since we were still jet-lagged and didn't want to have to go too far, we visited here on our first day in Rome. Our eyes just popped when we walked inside! According to www.vatican.va "Crossing the threshold, one is overwhelmed by the vision of vast space, splendid marbles, and marvelous decoration. The monumental effect is due to the structure of the basilica and the harmony that reigns among the principal architectural elements. Constructed according to Vitruvius' canon of rhythmic elegance, the basilica is divided into a nave and two side aisles by two rows of precious columns. Above these columns runs the skillfully wrought entablature, interrupted at the transept by the grand arches erected for the building of the Sistine and Pauline chapels. The area between the columns and the ceiling was once punctuated by large windows, half of which still remain, while the other half have been covered over by a wall. Over the walled windows, today one can admire frescos showing stories from the life of the Virgin. Above the window and frescos, a wooden frieze adorned with an exquisite inlay of cupid-like figures riding bulls unites the cornice with the ceiling." It's enough to keep you coming back time and again. The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is the largest Catholic Marian church in Rome, and according to the Lateran Treaty of 1929 between the Holy See and Italy (which was then under Fascist rule), the basilica located in Italian territory is owned by the Holy See and enjoys extraterritorial status similar to that of foreign embassies.
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