BASILICA DI SANTA MARIA IN TRASTEVERE
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Church in the piazza Santa Maria in Rome.
In Piazza Santa Maria, it was founded in the third century A.D. by a small Christian community that obtained a piece of land on which to build a church. In its present form, the church was erected by Innocent II in 1140, and has been altered many times: an eighteenth-century porch with baroque statues stands out. The bell tower of the XIIth carries a niche decorated with a mosaic representing the Virgin and the Child. Same theme on the mosaics of the facade which are of the same period. The interior obeys a classical basilical plan. The entablature is formed of antique blocks, recovered and disparate. See the rich ceiling of the seventeenth century painted by Le Dominiquin. The vault of the apse and the triumphal arch bear mosaics of the thirteenth century very Byzantine. We see in particular Christ and the Virgin sitting on a throne. The lower part of the apse is decorated with mosaics by Cavallini (late thirteenth century), that we have already met in Santa Cecilia and Santa Maria in Aracoeli. This contemporary of Giotto participated in the renewal of painting and its liberation from the Byzantine yoke. Here he created six panels representing scenes from the life of the Virgin. In the left nave, see the Avila chapel and its baroque dome by Gherardi (17th century). Finally, the inscription in front of the choir recalls the location of the Fons Oleia, the mythical origin of the church: in 38 BC, a source of oil would have announced the birth of Christ.
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D'ailleurs le quartier où se trouve l'église est magnifique et magique. Quartier moins touristique mais tellement plus sympa. Loin de la foule, on peut flâner dans les ruelles, boire un verre calmement. Superbe !