Churches Friday: Santa Maria degli Angeli

You are never far from Michelangelo's presence in Rome. The baths of Emperor Diocletian (emperor, 284 - 305 AD), which had fallen to ruin, were repurposed by Michelangelo as a church, and you see the massive scale of the ancient structures layered into this beautiful basilica.

Two items of note:

1. The Termini train station - the main station of Rome - is directly across the street. The name "Termini" is not related to the travel term, "terminal", but the Italian word for baths, termini - a nod to the station's location across from the Baths of Diocletion.

2. The Piazza della Repubblica, with its beatiful fountain, is directly outside the church as well, and is a common scene for TV shows and movies filmed in Rome.

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Are you interested in seeing this?

• Yes!
• If there is time.
• It doesn't really call to me.