Santa Maria Annunziata in Borgo, popularly known as Nunziatina (or Annunziatina), is an oratory of

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), in the rione

Borgo Borgo may refer to the following places: Finland * Borgå France * Borgo, Haute-Corse Italy * Borgo (rione of Rome), a ''rione'' in the City of Rome. *Borgo a Mozzano, in the province of Lucca *Borgo d'Ale, in the province of Vercelli *Borgo di ...

, facing on

Lungotevere Vaticano Lungotevere Vaticano is the stretch of Lungotevere that links Ponte Sant'Angelo to Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II, in Rome (Italy), in the rione Borgo. The Lungotevere takes its name from the hill housing St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican City; it ...

History

The church of S. Maria Annunziata was founded in 1688 as the Oratory of the Archconfraternity of the nearby Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia. Between 1742 and 1745 the church was rebuilt along

Borgo Santo Spirito Borgo Santo Spirito is a street in Rome, Italy, important for historical and artistic reasons. From a historical point of view, it is considered the most interesting street in the Borgo district. Of medieval origin, it is linked to the foundation ...

, by architect Pietro Passalacqua. In 1940, due to the opening of Via della Conciliazione, the oratory was dismantled and re-built ten years later in the present location facing the

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at the insistence of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Spirit who opposed the expropriation until they obtained the promise that the church would be rebuilt, identical to the original, in the immediate vicinity. The furnishings were transported from the old church. It opened during the Holy Year of 1950."S.Maria Annunziata", Roma Segreta
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Description

The façade is one of the most refined examples of the 18th-century style in Rome. The interior has a single nave with plaster decorations. It houses works of art formerly in the little church of

San Michele Arcangelo ai Corridori di Borgo San Michele Arcangelo ai Corridori di Borgo was a church in Rome dedicated to St. Michael, the Archangel, important for historical and artistic reasons. The church, traditionally linked to the legend of the appearance of St. Michael above Castel ...

, lying along Borgo Sant'Angelo, demolished in 1939 in order to enlarge the Borgo S.Angelo and via della Traspontina. Among them, a detached fresco portraying the ''Virgin of the Milk with the Child'', attributed to Antoniazzo Romano, and a

lunette A lunette (French ''lunette'', "little moon") is a half-moon shaped architectural space, variously filled with sculpture, painted, glazed, filled with recessed masonry, or void. A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc take ...

with the ''Apparition of St. Michael Archangel to Pope Gregory the Great''. Next to the entrance is a statue of St. Michael the Archangel fighting with Lucifer", attributed to

Louis-Albert Lefeuvre Louis-Albert Lefeuvre (1845 in Paris – 1924 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French sculptor. He was a pupil of Auguste Dumont and Alexandre Falguière. From 1875, he exhibited his allegorical works, including ''Pour la patrie'', ''La Muse des ...

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Mariano Armellini Mariano Armellini (7 February 1852 – 24 February 1896) was an Italian archaeologist and historian. Born in Rome, he was one of the founders of the Pontifical Academy of Martyrs. He is the author of ''Gli antichi cimiteri cristiani di Roma e d'I ...

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''Le chiese di Roma dal secolo IV al XIX''
Rome 1891, p. 773 * C. Rendina, ''Le Chiese di Roma'', Newton & Compton Editori, Milan 2000, p. 35-36 * C. Villa, ''Rione XIV Borgo'', in AA.VV, ''I rioni di Roma'', Newton & Compton Editori, Milan 2000, Vol. III, pp. 924–967 Roman Catholic churches completed in 1745 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Baroque architecture in Rome Maria Annunziata in Borgo Maria Annunziata in Borgo Churches of Rome (rione Borgo) 1745 establishments in Europe {{Italy-church-stub