Santa Maria Maggiore
San Maria Maggiore is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic parish church located on via San Maria Maggiore in the historic district of Civitanova of Lanciano, region of Abruzzi, Italy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church building in Lanciano, Italy
- Also known as: “Parrocchia di Santa Maria Maggiore” and “Santa Maria Maggiore, Lanciano”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lanciano Cathedral and Sanctuary of the Eucharistic Miracle.
Lanciano Cathedral
Church
Photo: Zitumassin, Public domain.
Lanciano Cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary as Santa Maria del Ponte is the duomo of Lanciano in Chieti, Italy, and the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona. In February 1909 Pope Pius X raised it to the status of minor basilica. Lanciano Cathedral is situated 300 metres east of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Sanctuary of the Eucharistic Miracle
Church
Photo: Zitumassin, Public domain.
Sanctuary of the Eucharistic Miracle is a church, which is situated 220 metres east of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Purgatory church
Church
Photo: Pietro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Purgatory church is situated 180 metres east of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lanciano and Rocca San Giovanni.
Lanciano
Town
Photo: Luca Aless, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lanciano is a town and comune in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 33,944 inhabitants as of 2023. The town is known for the first recorded Catholic Eucharistic Miracle.
Rocca San Giovanni
Village
Rocca San Giovanni is a comune and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia. Rocca San Giovanni is situated 7 km east of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Caldari
Suburb
Photo: Andreach90, Public domain.
Caldari is a frazione of the municipality of Ortona in the Province of Chieti in Abruzzo, Italy. Some families that originate from Caldari include the DiIenno, Dragani, Tenaglia, Petrangelo, D'Annible, Gaeta, Mennicucci, Di Ienno, Di Nunzio, Natale, Vedilei, Cieri and Nasuti families. Caldari is situated 7 km north of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Santa Maria Maggiore
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Lanciano, Chieti, Abruzzo, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
42.23061° or 42° 13′ 50″ northLongitude
14.3876° or 14° 23′ 15″ eastElevation
288 metres (945 feet)Inception
13th centuryOpen location code
8FJP69JQ+62OpenStreetMap ID
way 28524777OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicGeoNames ID
11237630Wikidata ID
Q3673474
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In Other Languages
“Santa Maria Maggiore” goes by many names.
- Italian: “basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore”
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