Identifier: handbookofromeca00john (find matches)
Title: A handbook of Rome and the Campagna
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: John Murray (Firm)
Subjects: Rome (Italy) -- Guidebooks
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ther was placed on Monte Cavallo byPius VI. A few yds. N. of the Piazza, at thejunction of the Via Farini and ViaCavour, some remains were discovered,in Apr. 1873, of the Ji(if/i.s ofNaci-a-fiits C<Tlalls. Some pedestals, witiihonorary inscriiitious, and manybeautiful statues and fragments, weredug up among the ruins. The Basilica Liberiana, or Churchof ■&. M. MAGGIORE, ranks third amongthe great Ciiurches of Rome, and isone of those which have a Porta Santa.lt_ was founded near the MacdlumLiviae, on the Cispiau tongue ofthe Esquiline (177 ft.) in a.d. 352, byPope Liberius, and John, a Romanl^atrician, in consequence of a miracu-lous fall of snow on the 5th of August,which covered the precise space occu-pied by their Basilica. From thislegend, which is represented in a reliefin the Borghese chapel, the edificewas at first called S. IM. AD Nives ;it afterwards toolc the name of S. M.Ma(j()ior(, from being the chief of allthe Roman churches dedicated to the PIAZZA DEL ESQUILINO
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V_^ PIAZZA S. MARIA MAGGIORE 1. 1. 1. Eutrauces. 9. Cap. del Crociiisso. 17. Mosaics. 2. Philip IV. of Spaia. 10. Sixline Chapel. 18. Cap. Paolina 3. Entrance to Loggia. H. Sixtus V. ghese. 4, Porta Santa. 12. Pins V. 19. Paul V. 5. Clement IX. 13. Card. Consalvi. 20. Clement VIII. 6. JSTicliolas IV, 14. Baldacchino. 21. Cap. Sforza. 7. Baptistery, 15. Confession. It. Cap. Cesi. 8 Sacristy. 10. Mosaics. The City. Boule 14:.—S. M. Maggiore. 139 Virgin. The interior has undergonenumerous alterations and additions,whioli have impaired the simplicity ofits original jilan; but in spite of thesechanges it has retained its basilicanform. It was enlarged in 432 by >St.Sixtus III. The tribune with itsmosaics were added by Nicholas IV.(1288-94). The whole building was

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