Historic Religious Building

BASILICA DI SANTA FRANCESCA ROMANA

Santa Francesca Romana, previously known as Santa Maria Nova, is a church situated next to the Roman Forum. The church was built in the second half of the 10th century, incorporating an eighth-century oratory that Pope Paul I excavated in the wing of the portico of the Temple of Venus and Roma. The church houses the precious Madonna Glycophilousa ("our Lady of the tenderness"), an early 5th century icon.

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Architecture sight in Roma - Foro Romano, Italy

Piazza Santa Francesca Romana 4
00186 Roma - Foro Romano · Campitelli
District: Centro antica , Italy Route to BASILICA DI SANTA FRANCESCA ROMANA