Santa Maria la Rossa is an ancient church in
Milan
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Italy
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Excavations at the site, suggest a structure was present at the site since the early Roman Imperial era. Evidence shows that reconstructions occurred in the first centuries of the common era. However the first historical references to a basilica church of ''Santa Maria ad Fonticulum'' or ''Santa Maria di Fonteggio'', at this site date to the 10th century. In the 12th century a monastery of
Benedictine nuns
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was attached. A major reconstruction of the church took place in the 14th century. Recent reconstructions have eliminated all but ancient decorations, the church is now occupied by a Franciscan order.
Maria
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
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10th-century establishments in Italy
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