Santa Galla, Modern Catholic church in Ostiense district, Rome, Italy

Santa Galla is a brick-faced church built in 1940 to Tullio Rossi's design on Via Circonvallazione Ostiense. Its gabled facade has a tall central rectangular niche holding the portal below and a large window above, topped by the coat of arms of Pope Pius XII, and a cross at the apex. A travertine colonnade with an architrave on pillars frames the forecourt, and a bell tower with three bronze bells cast in 1940 by Cobalchini of Padua stands to the left. Inside, three naves are divided by red marble columns beneath a wooden trussed ceiling.

The original Santa Galla was demolished in the 1930s due to urban development and replaced by this new structure built in 1940 in the Ostiense district. The relocation reflects the urbanization changes that Rome underwent during that period.

The church preserves a late 17th-century painting brought from the former Santa Galla, connecting the modern structure with its historical predecessor. This artwork links older tradition with contemporary religious life in the neighborhood.

The church stands on Via Circonvallazione Ostiense in the Ostiense district, with its travertine colonnade framing the forecourt along the street. The main entrance sits in a tall rectangular niche in the brick facade, flanked by twin side portals under the bell tower on the left. The elevated presbytery is reached by a few steps from the nave floor.

The high altar is a white marble Roman funerary altar from the Flavian period, reused for Christian worship in the 11th century. Its sides carry carved frames of acanthus leaves and birds: a stork pecking a bee on the front, a pelican on the left, a laurel tree with nesting birds on the back. Two inscriptions record its consecration on 8 July 1073 under Gregory VII and list relics of the True Cross, Saint Andrew and 21 martyrs.