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Santa Maria degli Angeli

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  • In 1561 the pope commissioned Michelangelo to transform the central hall of Diocletian’s Baths, the frigidarium (cold plunge room), into a church. The result is this overwhelming space, which gives a clearer idea than anywhere else in Rome of how vast these public bathing palaces were. Even then, the finished church takes up only half of the original. Michelangelo had to raise the floor 2 m (6 ft) in order to use the ancient 15-m (50-ft) rose-red granite columns the way he wanted to.

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Piazza della Repubblica Open 7:30am–6:30pm daily Free DA
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