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Basilica of Saint Sabina in Rome, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

Basilica of Saint Sabina, historical church on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy. Royalty Free Stock Photo

View of the Basilica of Saint Sabina on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy. The campanile bell tower dates from the 10th century and was remade in the Baroque period. The titular minor basilica is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominicans. Santa Sabina is perched high above the Tiber river to the north and the Circus Maximus to the east. Santa Sabina is the oldest extant Roman basilica in Rome that preserves its original colonnaded rectangular plan and architectural style. Its decorations have been restored to their original restrained design. Because of its simplicity, the Santa Sabina represents the crossover from a roofed Roman forum to the churches of Christendom. It is especially famous for its 5th-century carved wooden door, with a cycle of Christian scenes 18 now remaining that is one of the earliest to survive. It is the stationary church for Ash Wednesday.