Rome Sights

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Scala

#206 of 963 things to do in Rome

#5996 of 49054 things to do in Europe

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  • Address
    • Piazza della Scala 23 Trastevere
  • Transport
    • Lungotevere della Farnesina (Piazza Trilussa)
  • Phone
    • 06 580 62 33
  • Hours
    • 07:00-12:30 & 15:30-19:00

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Lonely Planet review for Chiesa di Santa Maria della Scala

The Chiesa di Santa Maria della Scala dates from the turn of the 17th century. The big white façade hides a gloriously baroque interior with a particularly flamboyant marble altar. Next door, the Farmacia di Santa Maria della Scala, which supplied medicine to the popes in the 18th century, is still run by monks from the adjacent Carmelite monastery.

The monks are renowned for having commissioned, and then rejected, Caravaggio's Il Transito della Vergine (Transition of the Virgin), now in the Louvre (Paris).

 

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