Santa Maria Extra Moenia, Antrodoco

Santa Maria Extra Moenia (St Mary Outside the Walls), also called Santa Maria della Nave is an early Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church complex located just outside to the South-West of the town of Antrodoco, province of Rieti, region of Lazio, central Italy.

A paleochristian church at the site was built here in the 5th century, putatively atop an Ancient Roman temple dedicated to Diana.

Documents note a reconstructed Santa Maria was reconsecrated in 1054 by Gerard, then Bishop of Rieti; and in 1178 under the rule of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, was again rebuilt.

The small hexagonal building in front and to the side of the church is the Baptistry of San Giovanni.

It contains a series late 14th-century frescoes including ones depicting the Life of John the Baptist, Flight to Egypt, the Murder of the Innocents, and a Final Judgement.

Facade, bell-tower, and baptistry
Side view, with view of apse