Chiesa di Santa Maria in Cosmedin
In Chiesa di Santa Maria in Cosmedin, or Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin (*Santa Maria de Schola Graeca*), you’d have found a Roman church dedicated to the Virgin Mary that was first constructed in the sixth century as a diaconia for an area of the city populated by Greek immigrants, where Eastern rites were celebrated. It was expanded in the eighth century, and a campanile (bell tower) was added in the twelfth century—a major shift in its medieval character. Then came the Baroque facade and an interior refurbishment of 1718, which were later removed between 1894 and 1899, restoring the exterior to a twelfth-century form while keeping an interior that recalls the eighth century with twelfth-century furnishings. …
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