{"id":447,"date":"2014-09-01T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T20:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/churches-of-rome\/?p=447"},"modified":"2015-06-28T16:50:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T20:50:13","slug":"santa-maria-sopra-minerva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/churches-of-rome\/santa-maria-sopra-minerva\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Maria sopra Minerva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva |\u00a0Saint Mary above Minerva | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/St+Maria+Sopra+Minerva+Basilica\/@41.897989,12.478023,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x132f604e0c1fe953:0x4ec75fd47747b4d4\" target=\"_blank\">Piazza della Minerva, 42<\/a>\u00a0(click for google map) |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.basilicaminerva.it\/\" target=\"_blank\">basilicaminerva.it<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Quick facts:<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Santa Maria sopra Minerva is adjacent to the Pantheon<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>It is the home of several notable Renaissance masterpieces including\u00a0Michelangelo&#8217;s\u00a0<i><a title=\"Cristo della Minerva\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cristo_della_Minerva\" target=\"_blank\">Cristo della Minerva<\/a><\/i> (1521), and a cycle of frescos\u00a0by <a title=\"Filippino Lippi\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filippino_Lippi\">Filippino Lippi<\/a>\u00a0(1488\u20131493).<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elephant_and_Obelisk\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Pulcino della Minerva <\/i><\/a>(1667)\u00a0is a monument in Piazza della Minerva (in front of the church) designed by Bernini, depicting an elephant supporting the shortest of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_obelisks_in_Rome\" target=\"_blank\">Egyptian obelisks in Rome<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview\n\t 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