Santa Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires, Romanesque Revival church near Piazza Buenos Aires, Rome, Italy.
Santa Maria Addolorata is a Romanesque Revival church near Piazza Buenos Aires in Rome. The building features a central nave with two lateral aisles supported by Ionic columns and topped by an open timber trussed ceiling.
Construction began in 1910 to commemorate the centenary of Argentine independence and finished in 1930. The building was erected as a landmark of the connection between Rome and the Argentine community.
The church is the Argentine national church in Rome, and Mass is celebrated in Spanish on the first Sunday of each month. The feast of Our Lady of Sorrows is kept twice, on 15 September and 15 February, because calendars place it on different days. In the right nave, the only chapel holds a small statue of Our Lady of Luján, patron of Argentina, surrounded by the flags of the country's provinces.
Access is straightforward and the church sits in a well-served neighborhood with good infrastructure nearby. Spanish-language Mass services occur on the first Sunday of each month, with special celebrations on September 15 and February 15.
The polychrome marble floor carries Argentina's national coat of arms at its centre, and a memorial slab to founder José León Gallardo was presented by Argentine cardinals and bishops at the Second Vatican Council. The white marble altar ring has bronze gates bearing the national coat of arms and the arms of the Mercedarian Order.
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