Santa Maria in Cosmedin

Interior: View of Altar

Creator

Roman
pope
patron
700-795
Italian
pope
patron
ca. 1065-1124
Date

8th-12th century

Location

Geographic Coordinates
41.888212, 12.481684

Work Type

Notes

The church was built in the 8th century by Pope Adrian I, during the Byzantine Papacy over the remains of the Templum Herculis Pompeiani in the Forum Boarium and of the Statio annonae, one of the food distribution centres of ancient Rome. The 12th century rebuilding by Callixtus II is what gave its present appearance, but continued to be restored until the baroque period, notably the facade by Guiseppe Sardi in 1718

Style/Period

Culture

Image Date
12-Mar
Image Source

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University

Photographer