Nostra Signora di Lourdes a Tor Marancia, Catholic church in Tor Marancia district, Rome, Italy.
Nostra Signora di Lourdes a Tor Marancia is a Catholic church in Rome featuring a polygonal floor plan with a brick facade divided into three sections by reinforced concrete bands. A tall bell tower rises from the structure and dominates its overall appearance.
The parish was established on October 1, 1957, through a decree by Cardinal Vicar Clemente Micara and was initially managed by the Poor Servants of Divine Providence. This founding occurred during the post-war expansion of churches across Rome.
The church is named after Our Lady of Lourdes, the Marian title linked to the 1858 apparitions in the French Pyrenees. Its parish was first entrusted to the Poor Servants of the Divine Providence, the congregation founded by Don Giovanni Calabria, before passing to the diocesan clergy of Rome.
The church is located in the Ardeatino neighborhood and welcomes visitors during regular opening hours for both worship and sightseeing. The location is easily accessible within Rome's urban layout and can be reached on foot or by public transport.
The first parish priest, don Alessandro Rosa, took office on 1 May 1936, more than twenty years before Cardinal Vicar Clemente Micara erected the parish with the decree Viginti et unum on 1 October 1957. The church was designed by architect Gino Cancellotti and first entrusted to the Poor Servants of the Divine Providence, later passing to the diocesan clergy of Rome.
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