The Church of Domine Quo Vadis
Santa Maria in Palmis, also known as Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis, is a small church southeast of Rome. It is located about some 800 m from Porta San Sebastiano, where the Via Ardeatina branches off the Appian Way, on the site where, according to the apocryphal Acts of Peter, Saint Peter met the risen Christ while Peter was fleeing persecution in Rome.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: small church southeast of Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “Church of Domine Quo Vadis”, “Santa Maria delle Piante”, and “Santa Maria in Palmis”
- Address: Via Appia Antica 51, Roma
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tomb of Geta and Cappella di Reginald Pole.
Tomb of Geta
Archaeological site
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Tomb of Geta is an archaeological site, which is situated 160 metres northwest of The Church of Domine Quo Vadis.
Cappella di Reginald Pole
Chapel
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Cappella di Reginald Pole is a chapel, which is situated 160 metres southeast of The Church of Domine Quo Vadis.
Catacombs of Saint Calixt
Photo: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Catacomb of Callixtus is one of the Catacombs of Rome on the Appian Way, notable for containing the Crypt of the Popes, which once contained the tombs of several popes from the 2nd to 4th centuries. Catacombs of Saint Calixt is situated 1 km southeast of The Church of Domine Quo Vadis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Rome and Garbatella.
South Rome
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The South of Rome includes the historic Appian Way and nearby catacombs, as well as important tourist attractions in EUR, and San Paolo.
Garbatella
Quarter
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Garbatella is an urban zone of Rome. It belongs to the Municipio VIII of Rome comune, Italy, in the Ostiense quarter of Rome. Its population counts nearly 45,000.
Aventino-Testaccio
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Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of Rome. Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.
The Church of Domine Quo Vadis
- Categories: building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Municipio Roma VII, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.86648° or 41° 51′ 59″ northLongitude
12.50372° or 12° 30′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8FHJVG83+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 50773070OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q1081921
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Ukrainian—“The Church of Domine Quo Vadis” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Kostel Santa Maria delle Piante”
- Dutch: “Domine Quo Vadis kerk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه دومين كو فاديس”
- French: “Église Domine Quo Vadis”
- French: “église Santa Maria in Palmis”
- French: “Église Santa Maria in Palmis”
- German: “Chiesa di Santa Maria in Palmis”
- German: “Domine quo vadis”
- German: “Santa Maria in Palmis”
- Hungarian: “Santa Maria in Palmis-templom”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Santa Maria in Palmis”
- Italian: “chiesa del Domine quo vadis”
- Italian: “Chiesa del Domine quo vadis”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Maria in Palmis”
- Italian: “Santa Maria in Palmis”
- Japanese: “ドミネ・クォ・ヴァディス教会”
- Japanese: “ドミネ・クオ・ヴァディス教会”
- Japanese: “パルミスの聖マリア教会”
- Polish: “Kościół Domine Quo Vadis”
- Portuguese: “Igreja Domine Quo Vadis”
- Russian: “Домине-Кво-Вадис”
- Russian: “Церковь Домине Кво Вадис”
- Slovak: “Kostol Santa Maria delle Piante”
- Swedish: “Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis”
- Swedish: “Chiesa di Santa Maria in Palmis”
- Swedish: “Domine Quo Vadis”
- Swedish: “Santa Maria in Palmis”
- Tagalog: “Santa Maria in Palmis”
- Turkish: “chiesa del Domine quo vadis”
- Turkish: “Chiesa del Domine quo vadis”
- Turkish: “Domine Quo Vadis Kilisesi”
- Turkish: “Domine quo vadis”
- Turkish: “Santa Maria in Palmis Kilisesi”
- Ukrainian: “Доміне-Кво-Вадіс”
- Ukrainian: “Санта Марія ін Пальміс”
- Ukrainian: “Санта-Марія-ін-Пальміс”
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