San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
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The Basilica of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini is a minor basilica and a titular church in the Ponte rione of Rome, Italy.
The façade of San Giovanni
Iron bridge at San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, ca. 1890. The bridge was built in 1827 and demolished in 1941. Photo by Giuseppe Primoli.
The nave.
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini painted in 1739 by Hendrik Frans van Lint.
National churches in Rome
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Charitable institutions attached to churches in Rome were founded right through the medieval period and included hospitals, hostels, and others providing assistance to pilgrims to Rome from a certain
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
…protector of Florence, the new church for the Florentine community in Rome was started in the 16th century and completed in the early 18th, and is the national church of Florence in Rome. It was lavishly decorated with art over the 16th and 17th centuries, with most commissions going to Florentine artists…
Door of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi: Arms of Pope Benedict XVI and arms of titular bishop (Jan Pieter Schotte) on the left, arms of Belgium on the right, marking it as the Belgian national church.