Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti

Coordinates: 41°53′40″N 12°29′38″E / 41.894501°N 12.493948°E / 41.894501; 12.493948
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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 / 41.894501°N 12.493948°E / 41.894501; 12.493948
LocationVia di Monte Polacco 5, Rome
CountryItaly
Language(s)Italian
DenominationCatholic
TraditionRoman Rite
History
Statuschurch
DedicationJoachim and Saint Anne
Dedicated1781
Administration
DioceseRome

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

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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