Santa Maria sopra Minerva

Santa Maria sopra Minerva is a minor basilica church and one of the major churches of the Dominican order in , Italy. The church's name derives from the fact that the first Christian church structure on the site was built directly over the ruins or foundations of a temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis, which had been erroneously ascribed to the Greco-Roman goddess Minerva.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday–Friday: 8:00 AM–8:00 PM
    Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays: 10:30 AM–1:00 PM and 2:00 PM–7:30 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in Rome, Italy
  • Also known as: “Basilica de Santa Maria sopra Minerva”, “Basílica de Santa Maria sopra Minerva”, “Basílica de Santa María sopra Minerva”, “basilica di Santa Maria Sopra Minerva”, “Basilique Santa Maria sopra Minerva”, “Bazilika Santa Maria sopra Minerva”, “Bazilika svätej Márie nad Minervou”, “Chiesa di Santa Maria sopra Minerva”, “Eglise de la Minerve”, “Église de la Minerve”, “Église Sainte-Marie de la Minerve”, “Église Santa Maria sopra Minerva”, “Església de Santa Maria sopra Minerva”, “Iglesia de Santa Maria sopra Minerva”, “Iglesia de Santa María sopra Minerva”, “Igreja de Santa Maria sobre Minerva”, “S. Maria sopra Minerva”, “Santa Maria Sopra Minerva”, “Santa María sopra Minerva”, “Санта Мария сопра Минерва”, “Սանտա Մարիա սոպրա Միներվա”, “மினெர்வா மேல் புனித மரியா பெருங்கோவில்”, and “サンタ・マリア・ソプラ・ミネルヴァ (Santa Maria sopra Minerva) 教会”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and Elephant and Obelisk.

College
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The is one of the Roman Colleges of the .

Obelisk
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is a statue of an elephant…

Square
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is a piazza in , , near the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Old Rome.

Locality
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The Capitolium or , between the …

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is the historic medieval and renaissance center of .

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The of , home to the Via Veneto…

Santa Maria sopra Minerva

Latitude
41.89799° or 41° 53′ 53″ north
Longitude
12.47837° or 12° 28′ 42″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
8FHJVFXH+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25400176
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
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tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Geo­Names ID
8015142
Wiki­data ID
Q823685
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Santa Maria sopra Minerva” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սանտա Մարիա սոպրա Միներվա բազիլիկ”
  • Belarusian: “Санта-Марыя-сопра-Мінерва”
  • Belarusian: “Санта-Марыя-сопра-Мінэрва”
  • Breton: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Catalan: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Chinese: “神庙遗址圣母堂”
  • Chinese: “神廟遺址聖母堂”
  • Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Marije iznad Minerva”
  • Czech: “Kostel Santa Maria sopra Minerva v Římě”
  • Czech: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Danish: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Dutch: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Estonian: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva basiilika”
  • French: “basilique de la Minerve”
  • French: “Basilique de la Minerve”
  • French: “église des Frères Prêcheurs”
  • Georgian: “სანტა-მარია-სოპრა-მინერვა”
  • German: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Greek: “Σάντα Μαρία σόπρα Μινέρβα”
  • Hebrew: “סנטה מריה סופרה מינרווה”
  • Hungarian: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Indonesian: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Irish: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Italian: “basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Italian: “Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・マリア・ソプラ・ミネルヴァ教会”
  • Korean: “산타 마리아 소프라 미네르바 성당”
  • Latin: “Basilica Sanctae Mariae supra Minervam”
  • Lithuanian: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Lithuanian: “Švč. Marijos virš Minervos bazilika”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Санта Марија сопра Минерва”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Norwegian: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica de Santa Maria sobre Minerva”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Russian: “Базилика Санта Мария Сопра Минерва”
  • Russian: “Базилика Святой Марии над Минервой”
  • Serbian: “Света Марија над Минервом”
  • Slovak: “Bazilika Panny Márie nad Minervou”
  • Slovenian: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Spanish: “Santa Maria sobre Minerva”
  • Spanish: “Santa María sobre Minerva”
  • Swedish: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Tagalog: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva”
  • Tamil: “மினெர்வா மேல் புனித மரியா கோவில்”
  • Turkish: “Santa Maria sopra Minerva Bazilikası”
  • Ukrainian: “Санта Марія сопра Мінерва”
  • Ukrainian: “Санта-Марія-сопра-Мінерва”

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