Santa Maria in Cosmedin Campanile - Roma, Italy
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denben
N 41° 53.290 E 012° 28.883
33T E 291041 N 4640427
The Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin is a Catholic place of worship in Rome, located in Piazza della Bocca della Verità, in the Ripa distric; officiated by the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church.
Waymark Code: WM112F8
Location: Lazio, Italy
Date Posted: 08/04/2019
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"The Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin has one of the finest mediaeval Romanesque campaniles in Rome, and is a familiar landmark. It is unusually tall, 34.2 metres, in brick and having nine storeys. The first storey, within the church, incorporates the passageway from church to sacristy and the second storey which reaches to the roofline of the nave is blank. The third and fourth have two separate arched openings on each face, but the ones of the third storey have been blocked. The fifth storey has three arches on each face. The last four storeys have these three arches made into an arcade on each face, with the arches seprated by white marble columns having imposts instead of proper capitals. Binoculars will show that the columns facing the street in the eighth storey are ribbed. However, the columns of the topmost storey have an assortment of capitals, of the Corinthian and Composite styles and rather eroded.
The storeys are separated by a double cornice with dentillation in between. There is also a dentillated string course running round each storey at the level of the arch springers.
The fabric of the tower is decorated with plaques of porphyry and green serpentine, some round, some rectangular and some cross-shaped. They are arranged rather haphazardly.
The facade of the church and the campanile were restored in 1964." (
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Opening hours: daily 9:30 to 17:00 (18:00 in summer)