De Santa Maria in Domnica, soms ook wel de Santa Maria alla Navicella genoemd, staat op de top van de Caeliusheuvel (Celio in het Italiaans). De kerk is oud, zeer oud, maar haar vroegste geschiedenis wordt omgeven door mysterie. De Santa Maria werd gebouwd op de ruïnes van de kazerne…
Being Dutch, I had a good reason to want to visit the Santa Maria dell’Anima. Here we can find the tomb of the only Dutch pope in history, Adrianus VI. I had already been to Rome many times since 1996, but somehow never found time to visit this church, which…
The Santa Maria in Domnica, sometimes called the Santa Maria alla Navicella, lies on the crown of the Caelian Hill (Celio in Italian). The church is old, very old, but its earliest history is shrouded in mystery. The Santa Maria was built over the ruins of the barracks of the…