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Santa Maria della VittoriavsBasilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Both are rated very highly by professional reviewers. Overall, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is preferred by most professionals compared to Santa Maria della Vittoria. Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore comes in at #11 in Rome with accolades from 7 reviewers such as Michelin Guide, Let's Go and Lonely Planet.
Santa Maria della Vittoria
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Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
Time Out
Michelin Guide
Frommer's
Via XX Settembre 17, 00187 Rome
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Fodor's "Like the church of Santa Susanna across Piazza San Bernardo, this church was designed by Carlo Maderno, but this one is best known for Bernini's sumptuous Baroque decoration." Full review
Lonely Planet "This modest church is an unlikely setting for an extraordinary work of art – Bernini’s extravagant and sexually charged Santa Teresa trafitta dall’amore di Dio (Ecstasy of St Teresa)." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The Site: This riotously baroque 17th-century church is most famous for Bernini's lavish Cornaro Chapel." Full review
Time Out "This modest-looking Baroque church, its interior cosily candlelit and adorned with marble and gilt, holds one of Bernini's most famous works." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"The interior is richly Baroque with trompe l'oeil frescoes (vaulting and dome), polychrome marble (walls) and gilding (stuccowork)." Full review
Frommer's "Pretty little baroque church... but a visit here is all about one unique piece of art: Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s “Ecstasy of St.Teresa"." Full review
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore Fodor's Lonely Planet Travel + Leisure Time Out Frommer's
Let's Go Michelin Guide
Afar Magazine
Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, 00185 Rome
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Fodor's "Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the oldest churches in Rome, built around 440 by Pope Sixtus III." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"One of Rome's four patriarchal basilicas, Santa Maria was built on the summit of the Esquiline Hill in the 5th century." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Originally built in the fifth century, Santa Maria Maggiore contains one of the best preserved Byzantine interiors in Rome." Full review
Time Out "Behind this blowsy Baroque façade is one of the most striking basilica-form churches in Rome." Full review
Frommer's "This great church, one of Rome's four major basilicas, was built by Pope Liberius in A.D. 358 and was rebuilt by Pope Sixtus III from 432 to 440." Full review
Let's Go "Located just minutes away from Termini Station, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is an enormous basilica dedicated to everyone’s favorite virgin (no, not you)." Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"Founded by Pope Sixtus III (432-440), this is one of Rome's four great basilicas, and has been remodelled many times down the centuries." Full review
Afar Magazine "Contains almost a millennia's worth of Italian architecture, from an 18th-century baroque exterior to the 5th-century mosaics lining its interior arch." Full review
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Be sure to see the relics of what is believed to be pieces of Jesus Christ's manger from the day he was born.
