Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara coeli

Basilica of St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven

Tucked in-between the Campdoglio and Vittorio Emmanel

The designated Church of the Italian Senate and the Roman people

Built in the 13th Century, turned into a stable by Napoleon in 1797 restored in 1800

 

Certainly one of the biggest stairways

 

Sisters say cheese for the camera

 

 

 

 

Incredibly ornate ceiling

Art exhibit of Pope John Paul II  ( Italians still love Him deeply)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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