San Michele in Sassia

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San Michele in Sassia ( Latin : Sancti Michaelis in Saxia ), also called Santi Michele e Magno or Friesenkirche (nl: Friezenkerk), is a church in Rome at Borgo Santo Spirito 41, opposite St. Peter's Square .

The Church of the Frisians in Rome dates from the 9th century and was rebuilt in the 13th century and provided with a campanile . From 1756 to 1759 the church was converted into a three-aisled pillar basilica. In the left aisle there is the grave of the painter Anton Raphael Mengs .

View over St. Peter's Square with San Michele in Sassia on the right

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friesenkirche - stadtbesichtigungen.de. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .

Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 5.1 ″  N , 12 ° 27 ′ 31.9 ″  E