Church Of Santa Maria Di Loreto In Rome, Italy Stock Image

Inside view of the church of Santa Maria di Loreto in Rome, Italy. The church is located just across the street from the Trajan`s Column, near the giant Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II. 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. It is most notable for the adjacent erection of a similarly domed, but pale marble, 18th-century Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum, giving the semblance of twin churches.