Caption

Basilica di SM Maggiore, View of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy, Roma, photograph, inscription: 'Roma, SM Maggiore', number: '3649.', number: '51', photographer: Giacomo Brogi (possibly), Rome, publisher: attributed to Edizioni Brogi, Florence, 1864 - 1881, Tuscany, Attributed to, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 317 mm x width 450 mm, church (exterior), column, pillar, architecture, Santa Maria Maggiore (Rome), A wide stone façade with columns, arches, decorative sculptures, and two domes sits behind a plaza, flanked by tall buildings on either side; a tall fluted column topped with a statue rises in the foreground to the left, and a square bell tower with arched openings and a pointed roof topped by a cross rises above the central part of the façade; steps lead up to a portico with multiple entrances, and sculpted figures and ornamental balustrades line the roofline and pediments.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A76_259

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Keywords

Basilica di SM Maggiore View Santa Maria Maggiore Rome Italy Roma photograph inscription number 3649 51 photographer Giacomo Brogi publisher attributed Edizioni Brogi Florence 1864 - 1881 Tuscany Attributed pasteboard paper albumen print height 317 mm x width 450 mm church exterior column pillar architecture wide stone façade columns arches decorative sculptures two domes sits plaza flanked tall buildings side tall fluted column topped statue rises foreground left square bell tower arched openings pointed roof topped cross rises central part façade steps lead up portico multiple entrances sculpted figures ornamental balustrades line roofline pediments