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Photos of Santa Maria Maggiore

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This gallery of 72 photos accompanies our article on Santa Maria Maggiore. Click any image to enlarge or start at the beginning for a virtual tour.

  • West Exterior
  • East Facade
  • Nave Mosaic
  • Procession
  • Aerial View
  • West Exterior
  • East Facade
  • East Facade
  • East Facade
  • East Facade
  • Tower Detail
  • Tower Detail
  • Facade Detail
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  • Facade Detail
  • Facade Detail
  • Narthex
  • Holy Door
  • Procession
  • Interior View in 1730
  • Nave
  • Nave
  • Nave
  • Nave Mosaic
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  • Cosmatesque Pavement
  • Cosmatesque Pavement
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  • Cosmatesque Pavement
  • Cosmatesque Pavement
  • North Aisle
  • Confession
  • Vertical Panorama of Altar and Crypt
  • Papal Monument
  • Bethlehem Crypt
  • Apse Mosaic
  • Apse Mosaic
  • Apse Mosaic
  • Triumphal Arch Mosaic: Right Side
  • Triumphal Arch Mosaic: The Epiphany
  • Triumphal Arch Mosaic: Center Detail
  • Triumphal Arch Mosaic (c. 435): Herod and the Magi
  • Triumphal Arch Mosaic: Bethlehem
  • Tabernacle in the Sistine Chapel
  • Tabernacle in the Sistine Chapel
  • Pauline Chapel with Marian Icon
  • Pauline Chapel with Marian Icon
  • Icon of Mary, Health of the Roman People
  • Pauline Chapel with Marian Icon
  • Side Chapel
  • Side Chapel Detail


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