La Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin a Roma

The Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, built in the early Middle Ages on the banks of the Tiber on the site of the ancient Forum Boarium, is one of the city’s best-known and most important churches due to its complex historical layers—dating back at least to the Republican era—its architectural and artistic qualities, and the sense of the sacred that pervades it. This volume provides a concise overview of the entire history of the basilica and its context.