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Santa Maria in Cosmedin
Rome painted by Alberto Pisa - 1905
A very early Christian basilica, in the historic part of Rome by the Ponte Rotto and the rround temple of Hercules, and on the site of the temple by Ceres and Proserpine. In the sixth century it is enumerated among diaconal churches. It belonged to the Greek colony in this quarter, and its name is derived from the word kosmos. Pavement, ambones, choir, and canopy are of the twelfth century. It has been recently restored to its ancient basilica form, and its many closed windows have been reopened.
