Santa Maria in Via Lata
Santa Maria in Via Lata sits on the Via del Corso—the ancient Via Lata—and it’s the stational church for Tuesday in the fifth week of Lent. Beneath the current church, the earliest worship here was a 5th-century oratory, built inside the remains of a huge Roman warehouse about 250 metres (820 ft) long. Over time, murals were added between the 7th and 9th centuries, and the lower-level paintings were later detached for conservation. Flooding from the Tiber is why, in 1049, the church was rebuilt with an upper level added, and during later reconstruction the nearby Arcus Novus—an arch erected by Diocletian in 303–304—was destroyed in 1491. The bell tower dates to 1580, attributed to Martino Longhi the Elder, and the bells carry dates 1615 and 1465, with the set reactivated by automated programs in 2017. …
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