Церковь Санта Мария делл Орационе е делле Морте
Church of Santa Maria dell' Orazione e delle Morte, or Virgin of Eulogies and of the Dead
история:
Church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The church belongs to the Company of Good Death, a confraternity for burying the dead, especially abandoned bodies and those unable to to afford proper burial.
The confraternity was formed in 1535.

The church once had underground burial chambers extending down to the Tiber, where ~ 8.000 bodies were buried during a period of more than 300 years. In 1886, they were destroyed during the construction of the embankment. The vaults were decorated with bones in a manner similar to that of the ossuary at Santa Maria della Concezione. Only one chamber remains, and it is possible to see the morbid decoration, including candelabra made from vertebrae and other small bones.

место:
Рим
Rome
оформление:
1576.
It was rebuilt by Fernando Fuga in 1732...37.
The facade is decorated with skulls and a winged skeleton, referring to the purpose of the church.
The church has a Baroque interior, in tones of blue grey and gold.
The plan is elliptical.
состав:
святыня:
клепсидра
богослужение:
It is normally open only on Sundays, for Mass at 18:00.
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