Santa Maria della Vittoria
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Baroque church near Repubblica Metro station in Rome, Italy
The church features a single nave with three interconnected side chapels, separated by Corinthian pilasters adorned with gilded capitals beneath a segmented vault.
The Carmelite Order established this church in 1605 as a chapel dedicated to Saint Paul, later renamed after the Catholic victory at White Mountain in 1620.
The Cornaro Chapel contains Gian Lorenzo Bernini's marble sculpture group The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, created between 1647 and 1652 for Cardinal Cornaro.
The church opens daily from 8:30 to 12:00 and 16:00 to 18:00, with free admission and convenient access from Repubblica metro station.
Turkish battle standards captured during the 1683 Siege of Vienna remain displayed within the church walls, contributing to its military victory theme.
Location: Rome
Inception: 1620
Architects: Carlo Maderno
Architectural style: Italian Baroque architecture
Length: 35 m
Width: 19 m
Accessibility: Wheelchair inaccessible
Address: Via Venti Settembre
Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 08:30-12:00,16:00-18:00; Sunday 09:00-12:00,16:00-18:00
Phone: +390642740571
Website: https://carmelitanicentroitalia.it/dove-siamo/conventi-della-provincia/s-maria-della-vittoria-roma
GPS coordinates: 41.90466,12.49434
Latest update: December 5, 2025 16:04
Rome contains over 900 churches that demonstrate two thousand years of sacred architecture, from Roman antiquity to the Baroque period. These buildings reveal the evolution of construction techniques and artistic expressions over the centuries. St. Peter's Basilica covers 20,000 square meters and features a dome designed by Michelangelo. The Pantheon retains its Roman dome with a 43-meter (141 feet) diameter, the largest ever constructed in unreinforced concrete. Major basilicas such as Santa Maria Maggiore showcase Byzantine mosaics from the 5th century beneath a Renaissance ceiling with gilded coffers. Saint Clement's Basilica in the Lateran overlays three levels of construction from the 1st to the 12th centuries, illustrating Rome's urban stratification. Santa Maria in Trastevere, one of the city's oldest churches, presents medieval gilded mosaics, while Saint Peter's in Chains houses Michelangelo's Moses. These monuments help understand how Rome shaped European religious architecture for over fifteen centuries.
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