Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti

Santi Gioacchino ed Anna ai Monti (Saints Joachim and Anne on the hills) is a church on the Via Monte Polacco in Rome.

Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti
Church of Saints Joachim and Anne on the Hills
Chiesa di Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti
Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti is located in Rome
Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti
Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti
Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti is located in Rome
Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti
Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti
41°53′40″N 12°29′38″E
LocationVia di Monte Polacco 5, Rome
CountryItaly
Language(s)Italian
DenominationCatholic
TraditionRoman Rite
History
Statuschurch
DedicationJoachim and Saint Anne
Dedicated1781
Administration
DioceseRome

Pope Clement XIII demolished a thirty-seven-year-old Minim monastery on this site (founded in 1723 by Fr. Francesco Narici) in 1760 to make way for a new monastery and the present church. The church, on a Greek cross plan, barrel-vaulted and with a central dome, was consecrated in 1781 by Pope Pius VI. Its 18th-century façade has four pilasters with Corinthian capitals and is crowned by an undecorated tympanon.

The main decorations are stucco cherubs, including a tympanum above the high altar with cherubs in glory and a painting of the Madonna, St Anne and St Joachim.

The church is served by diocesan clergy.


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