Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome

Coordinates: 41°53′46″N 12°29′03″E / 41.89611°N 12.48417°E / 41.89611; 12.48417
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Santa Maria di Loreto
Antonio da Sangallo the younger
Architectural typeChurch
Groundbreaking1507

Santa Maria di Loreto is a 16th-century

Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II
.

History

After the

Antonio da Sangallo the younger.[1] The design called for a square first story and an octagonal second story built in travertine and brick. It was one of the earliest domed square churches built on classical forms.[2] Sangallo's facade is a maturer, more ornate version of the facade of the Palazzo Baldassini.[3]

A second dome and lantern were added by

Jacopo del Duca around 1575.[4]

The church was built atop an earlier 15th century chapel, which contained an icon of the Virgin of Loreto, hence the church retained the icon and acquired the title.[5] It is most notable for the adjacent erection of a similarly domed, but pale marble, 18th-century church Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano, giving the semblance of twin churches.

Interior

Santa Susanna

The interior decoration is best noted for the statuary, including a statue at the entrance by

Francois Duquesnoy.[6]

One chapel is covered by mosaics by

Cavaliere d'Arpino
.

References

  1. ^ "Santa Maria di Loreto", CurateND, University of Notre Dame
  2. ^ Simpson, Frederick Moore. A History of Architectural Development, Longmans, Green, and Company, 1913, p. 120
  3. ISBN 9780300064698
  4. ^ Rivoira, Giovanni Teresio. Roman Architecture and Its Principles of Construction Under the Empire: With an Appendix on the Evolution of the Dome Up to the XVIIth Century, Clarendon Press, 1925, pp. 291 et seq.
  5. ^ "Chiesa di Santa Maria di Loreto", Religiana
  6. ISBN 9781856694155

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