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Santa Maria Maggiore

Santa Maria Maggiore, also known as the Basilica of Saint Mary Major or the Basilica of Saint Mary the Great, is one of the four major papal basilicas and one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome.
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  • Opening hours: 7:00 AM—7:00 PM
  • Email: sagrestiasmm@org.va
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: largest Catholic Marian church in Rome
  • Also known as: “Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”, “Basilica of Saint Mary Major”, “Basilica Papale Di Santa Maria Maggiore”, and “church of Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Address: Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, Roma, 00185
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Santa Prassede and Roma Termini railway station.

Church
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The Basilica of Saint Praxedes, commonly known in Italian as , is an early medieval titular church and minor basilica located near the papal basilica of Saint Mary Major, on Via di , in , . is situated 150 metres south of Santa Maria Maggiore.

Railway station
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Roma Termini is the main railway station of , . It is named after the district of the same name, which in turn took its name from ancient , which lies across the street from the main entrance. is situated 480 metres northeast of Santa Maria Maggiore.

Theater building
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The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma is an in , Italy. Originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat Costanzi Theatre, it has undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements. The present house seats 1,560. is situated 440 metres northwest of Santa Maria Maggiore.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Esquilino-San Giovanni and Viminal Hill.

Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in . Esquilino is named for the Esquiline hill on which it stands. It lies south of the Termini station and is centred more or less on the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele II.

Locality
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The is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the to the northwest and the to the southeast, it is home to the and the .

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The of , home to the Via Veneto, Quirinale, Castro Pretorio, Repubblica, and Trevi neighbourhoods, is the city's hub of activity, especially shopping and nightlife.

Santa Maria Maggiore

Latitude
41.89761° or 41° 53′ 51″ north
Longitude
12.49846° or 12° 29′ 54″ east
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Inception
1743
Open location code
8FHJVFXX+29
Open­Street­Map ID
way 131564482
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
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Geo­Names ID
6954112
Wiki­data ID
Q186282
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Santa Maria Maggiore” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة سانتا ماريا ماجيوري”
  • Armenian: “Սանտա Մարիա Մաջորե”
  • Basque: “Andre Maria Nagusiaren basilika”
  • Basque: “Santa Maria Nagusia”
  • Belarusian: “Базыліка Дзевы Марыі Вялікай”
  • Belarusian: “Базыліка Маці Божай Сьнежнай”
  • Belarusian: “Санта-Марыя-Маджорэ”
  • Bulgarian: “Базилика Санта Мария Маджоре”
  • Bulgarian: “Санта Мария Маджоре”
  • Catalan: “Basílica de Santa Maria la Major”
  • Catalan: “Basílica de Santa Maria Major”
  • Catalan: “Santa Maria la Maggiore”
  • Catalan: “Santa Maria la Major”
  • Catalan: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Catalan: “Santa Maria Major”
  • Chechen: “Санта-Мария-Маджоре”
  • Chinese: “圣母大殿”
  • Chinese: “罗马圣母大堂”
  • Chinese: “聖母大殿”
  • Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Marije Velike”
  • Czech: “Bazilika Panny Marie Sněžné”
  • Danish: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Danish: “St. Maria Maggiore”
  • Dutch: “Basiliek van Maria de Meerdere”
  • Dutch: “Basiliek van Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Dutch: “Maria de Meerdere”
  • Dutch: “Santa Maria maggiore”
  • Esperanto: “Baziliko Sankta Maria la Granda”
  • Esperanto: “Baziliko Sankta Maria Maggiore”
  • Esperanto: “Baziliko Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo Sankta Maria la Granda”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Estonian: “Santa Maria Maggiore basiilika”
  • Finnish: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • French: “Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • French: “Basilique Sainte Marie Majeure”
  • French: “Basilique Sainte-Marie Majeure”
  • French: “basilique Sainte-Marie-Majeure de Rome”
  • French: “Basilique Sainte-Marie-Majeure”
  • French: “Basilique Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • French: “Église Sainte-Marie-Majeure”
  • French: “Sainte-Marie Majeure”
  • Galician: “Basílica de Santa María a Maior de Roma”
  • Galician: “basílica de Santa María a Maior”
  • Galician: “Santa María a Maior”
  • Georgian: “სანტა-მარია-მაჯორე”
  • German: “Basilica Liberiana”
  • German: “Basilika Groß Sankt Marien”
  • German: “Groß Sankt Marien”
  • German: “S. Maria Maggiore”
  • German: “Santa Maria ad praesepe”
  • German: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Greek: “Σάντα Μαρία Ματζόρε”
  • Hebrew: “בזיליקה די סנטה מריה מג’ורה”
  • Hebrew: “בזיליקת סנטה מריה מג’ורה”
  • Hungarian: “Santa Maria Maggiore-bazilika”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Irish: “Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Italian: “basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Roma”
  • Italian: “basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Italian: “Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Italian: “basilica Liberiana”
  • Italian: “Basilica Liberiana”
  • Italian: “basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Italian: “Papale Arcibasilica Maggiore Arcipretale Liberiana di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Italian: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・マリーア・マッジョーレ大聖堂”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・マリーア・マッジョーレ教会”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・マリア・マジョーレ大聖堂”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・マリア・マッジョーレ大聖堂”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・マリア・マッジョーレ聖堂”
  • Japanese: “サンタマリアマッジョーレ教会”
  • Japanese: “マッジョーレ大聖堂”
  • Kazakh: “Santa-Marïya-Madjore”
  • Kazakh: “Санта-Мария-Маджоре”
  • Kazakh: “سانتا-مارىييا-مادجورە”
  • Korean: “리베리오 대성전”
  • Korean: “산타 마리아 마조레 대성당”
  • Korean: “산타마리아 마조레 대성당”
  • Korean: “산타마리아 마조레 대성전”
  • Korean: “성모 대성전”
  • Korean: “성모 설지전”
  • Korean: “성모설지전”
  • Kurdish: “Dêra Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Latin: “Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris”
  • Latin: “Sancta Maria Maior”
  • Latin: “Sancta Maria Maioris”
  • Latvian: “Svētās Marijas Lielā bazilika”
  • Lithuanian: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Macedonian: “Базилика Голема Богородица”
  • Macedonian: “Санта Марија Маџоре”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Maria Maggiore”
  • Norwegian: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Persian: “باسیلیکای سنتاماریا مجیوره”
  • Persian: “سانتا ماریا ماجوره”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Liberiańska”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Matki Bożej Śnieżnej”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Matki Bożej Większej”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Santa Maria Maggiore w Rzymie”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica de Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica de Santa Maria Maior”
  • Romanian: “Bazilica Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Romanian: “Biserica Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Romanian: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Russian: “Санта Мария Маджоре”
  • Russian: “Санта-Мария-Маджоре”
  • Russian: “Церковь Санта Мария Маджоре”
  • Russian: “Церковь Санта-Мария-Маджоре”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Marije Velike”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bazilika Sv. Marije Velike”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Slovak: “Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Slovak: “Bazilika Panny Márie Väčšej”
  • Slovak: “Bazilika Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Slovenian: “Bazilika Marije Snežne, Rim”
  • Slovenian: “bazilika Marije Snežne”
  • Slovenian: “bazilika Marije Velike v Rimu”
  • Slovenian: “cerkev Marije Snežne v Rimu”
  • Slovenian: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Spanish: “Basilica de Santa Maria la Mayor”
  • Spanish: “Basilica de Santa María la Mayor”
  • Spanish: “basílica de Santa María la Mayor”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de Santa María la Mayor”
  • Spanish: “Basilica di Santa Maria della Neve”
  • Spanish: “Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Spanish: “Basilica Liberiana”
  • Spanish: “Basílica Liberiana”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa Maria la Mayor”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor”
  • Spanish: “Santa Maria della Neve”
  • Spanish: “Santa Maria la Mayor de Roma”
  • Spanish: “Santa María la Mayor de Roma”
  • Spanish: “Santa Maria la Mayor”
  • Spanish: “Santa María la Mayor”
  • Swahili: “Basilika kuu la Bikira Maria”
  • Swedish: “Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Swedish: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Tagalog: “Basilika ni Santa Maria la Mayor”
  • Tagalog: “Basilika ni Santa Mariang Mayor”
  • Tamil: “புனித மரியா பெருங்கோவில்”
  • Tamil: “புனித மரியா பேராலயம்”
  • Tatar: “Санта-Мария-Маджоре”
  • Thai: “Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Thai: “มหาวิหารซันตามาเรียมัจจีโอเร”
  • Thai: “มหาวิหารซันตามาเรียมัจโจเร”
  • Thai: “มหาวิหารซานตามาเรียมายอเร”
  • Turkish: “basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Turkish: “Santa Maria Maggiore Bazilikası”
  • Ukrainian: “Базиліка Санта Марія Маджоре”
  • Ukrainian: “Базиліка Санта-Марія-Маджоре”
  • Urdu: “سانتا ماریا ماجیورے”
  • Vietnamese: “Vương cung thánh đường Đức Bà Cả”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • Western Frisian: “Santa Maria Maggiore”
  • “Santa Maria Maggiore”

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