getting there: bus 170 from Termini or metro Linea B Circo Massimo
open: closed for restoration
Sant'Omobono sits at the foot of the Capitoline Hill and next to the area of Sacra di Sant'Omobono, a working archaeological site with finds from Ancient Roma times.
Today the church is looking a little neglected and is supposedly closed for restoration work.
The origins of the church date back to the 16th century when the Guild of Tailors established a church and named it after their patron Saint Homobonus of Cremona, the patron saint of tailors.
Inside the church is The Coronation of Our Virgin in Heaven, a nave ceiling painting executed in 1877 by Italian artist Cesari Mariani who's work can also be seen in Santa Maria in Monticelli, Santa Maria in Aquiro and the Palazzo Quirinal.
Other artists who contributed to decorating the church were Pietro Turini and Baroque artist, Giovanni Antonio Galli (Spardarino) who was a close follower of Caravaggio.
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