Churches

The Basilica of Saint Peter

The Basilica of Saint Peter (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly called Saint…

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Vatican Museums

The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City, which display works from the extensive collection of…

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Santa Maria del Popolo

Santa Maria del Popolo is a notable Augustinian church located in Rome. It stands to the north side of the Piazza del Popolo, one of the most famous squares of…

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Santa Maria in Trastevere

The basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere is one of the oldest churches in Rome, perhaps the first in which mass was openly celebrated. This is the queen of the…

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San Giovanni dei Fiorentini

When the Florentines decided to build a church in Rome in the 15th century, Jacopo Sansovino won the competition to design it, against competitors like Raphael,…

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Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore — also known as the Basilica di Santa Maria della Neve and Basilica Liberiana in the Italian language and Saint Mary Major…

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Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Santi Giovanni e Paolo is an ancient basilica church in Rome, located on the Celian Hill. It is also called Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio or referred to as SS…

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The Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel (Italian: Cappella Sistina) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope, in the Vatican City. Its fame rests on…

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Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova

Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova, is a church in Rome, facing the alley of Corso Vittorio.
Pope Gregory I built the first church on the site.…

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Basilica of St. John Lateran

Basilica of St. John Lateran
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The late Baroque façade of the Basilica of St. John Lateran was completed by Alessandro…

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Sant' Anselmo all'Aventino is a church, monastery and college on the Aventine Hill in Rome, dedicated to Saint Anselm.
They were designed by Hildebrand de…
Faced with the famous Trevi Fountain is the church of Ss.Vincenzo and Anastasio, which boasts one of the most beautiful baroque facades of Rome. Until…
San Girolamo dei Croati (Saint Jerome of the Croats)[1] is the national Catholic church of Croatia on Via Tomacelli in the Campus Martius, Rome.
It was first…
This photo is from outside the Ara Pacis Museum with a red cube as part of a exhibition of Valentino fashions. The new Ara Pacis Museum in Rome opened in the…
San Carlo ai Catinari is an early-Baroque style church in Rome.
The attribute ai Catinari refers to the presence, at the time of its construction, of many…
San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) is a basilica in Rome, best known for housing Michelangelo's statue Moses. The Basilica Eudoxiana was first built…
San Bartolomeo all'Isola is a basilica church in Rome, founded at the end of the tenth century by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor. It contains the relics of St.…