Basilica di San Barnaba, Marino

Name: Basilica di San Barnaba
Address: Piazza San Barnaba, Marino, 00047, Italy

#2 among attractions in Marino

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The collegiate basilica of St. Barnabas the Apostle is the principal place of Catholic worship in the city of Marino, in the metropolitan city of Rome Capital and suburbicarian see of Albano.

The basilica, built for the devotion of the Colonna family, is one of the largest churches in the diocese, as well as one of the most important: it was the seat of the venerable archconfraternity of the Gonfalone of Marino, founded around 1271 by Bonaventure of Bagnoregio; moreover, the chapter of St. Barnabas was the most important in the diocese along with that of the collegiate church of Santa Maria Assunta in Ariccia, as was established in the diocesan synods of 1668 and 1687.

Architectural style: BaroqueCoordinates: 41°46'11"N, 12°39'37"E

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Piazza San BarnabaMarino 00047 Italy

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Nearby attractions include: Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo, Tusculum, Lake Albano, Villa Torlonia.

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Expansive Vatican-owned palace and gardens
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Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Albano
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Park, Vernacular architecture
Villa Torlonia, Frascati
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Villa Tuscolana, Frascati
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Monte Cavo, Rocca di Papa
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Observatories and planetariums
Vatican Observatory, Castel Gandolfo
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Church
Albano Cathedral, Albano Laziale
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Ancient Roman architecture
Villa of Domitian, Castel Gandolfo
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