The 'Macchina delle Quarant'Ore'

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Macchina delle Quarant'Ore (Machine of the Forty Hours)

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Until 2022, Santa Maria dell' Orto was the only church in Rome still to have a working Macchina delle Quarant'Ore (Machine of the Forty Hours). 

The macchina took the form of an enormous wooden candelabra, made up of over 200 candles. The candles were lit on the eve of Good Friday to mark the forty hours that passed (according to an ancient Christian tradition) between Christ's crucifixion and his resurrection. 

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