All That Survives of the Church is its Doorway!

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Santa Maria Annunziata ai Monti

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Most of the ancient Temple of Mars Ultor (Mars the Avenger) has been destroyed, but three fluted marble columns (18 metres high) have survived, thanks to the fact that they were once used as a support for the brick bell tower of Santa Maria Annunziata ai Monti, a small church which was built in the ruins.

The church, which was also known as the Annunziatina, on account of its small size, belonged to a convent of Dominican nuns. Although both church and convent were knocked down in the 1920s, the church doorway, surmounted by a beautiful relief of the Annunciation, survives. 

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The Outline of the Church Roof is Visible on the Back Wall

Temple of Mars Ultor

Bell Tower of Santa Maria Annunziata ai Monti, Engraving (1758) by Giuseppe Vasi