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Santa Maria sopra Minerva is one of the major churches of the Order of Preachers (also known as the Dominicans) in Rome, Italy.The church's name derives from the fact that the first Christian church structure on the site was built directly over (Italian: sopra) the ruins or foundations of a temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis, which had been erroneously ascribed to the Greco-Roman ...
The Temple of Minerva, Assisi The Temple of Minerva (Italian: Tempio di Minerva) is an ancient Roman building in Assisi, Umbria, central Italy.It currently houses a church, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, built in 1539 and renovated in Baroque style in the 17th century.
The Risen Christ, Cristo della Minerva in Italian, also known as Christ the Redeemer or Christ Carrying the Cross, is a marble sculpture by the Italy High Renaissance master Michelangelo, finished in 1521. It is in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, to the left of the main altar.
The Carafa Chapel (Italian: Cappella Carafa) is a chapel in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy, known for a series of frescoes by Filippino Lippi.
Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome (since 1275, with interruptions in the 1810s and 1870s) and nearby Palazzo San Macuto , built in 1641; burial place of Catherine of Siena and Fra Angelico; Church of Sant'Anastasia in Verona (since 1280) Church of San Domenico in Palermo (since c.1280) Church of Saint Dominic in Chioggia (1287-1806)
The obelisk was rediscovered in 1665 during excavations near the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. It had probably been brought to Rome in the first century AD for the temple to the Egyptian goddess Isis that was located there. The obelisk is 5.47 meters tall and is the smallest of the 13 ancient obelisks present in Rome nowadays. [2]
the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, centre of the square, already attested in the 8th century by the Anonymous of Einsiedeln by the name (ecclesia) "S. Mariae in Minervio". To the right of its facade are inscriptions built into the wall commemorating the flooding of the River Tiber between 1422 and 1598 - the area of the piazza is the ...
The roof was destroyed during a fire and the temple, no longer repaired, fell into ruins and ended up being buried by the sediment and subsidence of the rock on the side of the mountain. Centuries later, the nearby church of Santa Maria di Valverde was built (formerly called "di Santa Maria Minerbe" or "di Santa Maria sopra Minerva"). [2]