| Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti | |
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| Church of Saints Joachim and Anne on the Hills | |
Chiesa di Santi Gioacchino e Anna ai Monti | |
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  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 | |
| Location | Via di Monte Polacco 5, Rome |
| Country | Italy |
| Language(s) | Italian |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Tradition | Roman Rite |
| History | |
| Status | church |
| Dedication | Joachim and Saint Anne |
| Dedicated | 1781 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Rome |
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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