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Basilica of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli. The Vittoriano can be seen on the left. Same view as above in 1816. In 1571, Santa Maria in Aracoeli hosted the celebrations honoring Marcantonio Colonna after the victorious Battle of Lepanto over the Turkish fleet. Marking this occasion, the compartmented ceiling was gilded and painted (finished 1575), to ...
Franciscan monks in the cloister of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli by Jodocus Sebastiaen van den Abeele (1842). The convent was gradually expanded to include three cloisters. In 1535, the papal villa commonly called Tower of Paul III (named for the Pope who ordered its construction: Paul III) was built close to the edifice.
The chapel was commissioned by Niccolò Di Manno Bufalini [notes 1] (~1450 - 1506) [1] for his mortuary chapel in the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. [2] Bufalini [3] was a prelate, citizen of Città di Castello, who worked as abbreviator di parco maggiore [notes 2] and consistorial lawyer in Rome. [2]
The Santo Bambino of Aracœli ("Holy Child of Aracœli"), sometimes known as the Bambino Gesù di Aracœli ("Child Jesus of Aracœli") is a 15th-century Roman Catholic devotional replicated wooden image enshrined in the titular Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, depicting the Child Jesus [1] swaddled in golden fabric, wearing a crown, and adorned with various gemstones and jewels donated by ...
Location: Santa Maria in Ara Coeli, Rome: ... It is in the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome. [1] See also. List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; Notes
The Confraternity of the Gonfalone was a group of white penitents (due to the colour of their robe). The association was first established in 1264 the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, under the name of the Accomandati di Madonna Santa Maria.
The Palazzo Nuovo (English: New Palace) was constructed in 1603 to close off the piazza's symmetry and hide the tower of the Santa Maria in Ara Coeli. It was finished in 1654 and opened to the public in 1734.
The Palazzo Senatorio and the basilica of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli are the only remaining features of the medieval construction industry in the rione. The rione experienced relevant urban modifications between 1536 and 1546, after Pope Paul III commissioned to Michelangelo the refurbishment of the Campidoglio and of the nearby piazza , to ...