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According to Pompeo Ugonio's description of the building in c. 1590, the church had an entrance portico and the interior was divided into three naves; sixteen columns flanked the nave, presumably eight columns with nine arches on each side. In 1179, Pope Alexander III (1159-1181) consecrated a side altar dedicated to Mary. The pavement is given special mention by Ugonio, described as "artful with various stones", but is now lost. Until the 19th century, the design of a labyrinth was preserved in the centre of the floor and, again according to Ugonio, the apse was decorated with post-medieval paintings. To the left of the high altar was the 1295 altar of St Nicholas, donated by Cardinal Jacopo Colonna. What Ugonio saw was perhaps still the 8th century basilica with remnants of what must have been the liturgical furnishings of the High Middle Ages.

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Rom, S. Maria in Aquiro, Ausschnitt Bufalini-Plan 1555, beschriftet: S. Maria Orphanorum (nach Ehrle 1911)
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Rom, S. Maria in Aquiro, Ausschnitt Tempesta-Plan 1606, beschriftet: T. orfanorum (nach Ehrle 1932)
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Rom, S. Maria in Aquiro, Labyrinthmuster ehemals im Paviment (Durand, Pavés-mosaiques 1857)
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Rom, S. Maria in Aquiro, Frühmittelalterliche Schrankenplatte im südlich an die Kirche grenzenden Hof (Foto Claussen 2017)
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Rom, S. Maria in Aquiro, Mittelalterliches Inkrustationsmuster in Neuverlegung vor dem Altar (Foto Senekovic 2015)
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Number in map
57
Church name
S. Maria in Aquiro
Existing
Coordinates
41.89994, 12.47816
Address
Via della Guglia 69/B
Rione
Colonna (III)
Nolli's map #
330
Chronology
8th century; 12th century; late 13th century
Keywords
portico, three-nave basilica, cosmatesque pluteus, cosmatesque pavement, labyrinth, apse, St. Nicholas, Pope Alexander III, Jacopo Colonna
Research status
Completed
Authors
Claussen, Peter Cornelius
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