Sant'Apollinare. Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli

The church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Sant'Apollinare arose from a precise reconstruction after the bombing of World War II.

The church had paintings of the sixteenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and it remembered the Basilica of Montecassino.

Together with the Abbot of Montecassino, in 1946 the church returned to life.

The structure has red brick and stone parts left 'in sight', to symbolize the strength of the ancient building.

The windows in the afternoon allow the sun to filter right on the statues of the saints, and in particular of Saint Apollinaris.


Written by:
Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

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