Roma Trip Overview
Together with your guide, you will go to our first stop of the tour: Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli, where the chains with which St. Peter was held prisoner are kept. The origins of this basilica are very ancient.
This sacred place is home to many artistic wonders, but the one that is certainly the focal point of the visit is Michelangelo’s monumental Tomb of Julius II, a marble masterpiece that the artist took a long time to create.
Next, we will see Basilica of San Clemente, brought to light during the excavation work begun at the end of the 1800s.
The last attraction of our tour is Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, the cathedral of Rome. It is the mother and head of all the churches of Rome and the world. On the left side of the piazza is the Scala Santa: according to tradition it is the same that Jesus went up to the Praetorium of Pontius Pilate.
In the right corner of the piazza is the Baptistery, built by Constantine, where it is said that he was baptized by San Silvestro.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Roma, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Together with your guide, you will go to our first stop of the tour: Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli, where the chains with which St. Peter was held prisoner are kept. The origins of this basilica are very ancient.
This sacred place is home to many artistic wonders, but the one that is certainly the focal point of the visit is Michelangelo’s monumental Tomb of Julius II, a marble masterpiece that the artist took a long time to create.
Next, we will see Basilica of San Clemente, brought to light during the excavation work begun at the end of the 1800s.
The last attraction of our tour is Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, the cathedral of Rome. It is the mother and head of all the churches of Rome and the world. On the left side of the piazza is the Scala Santa: according to tradition it is the same that Jesus went up to the Praetorium of Pontius Pilate.
In the right corner of the piazza is the Baptistery, built by Constantine, where it is said that he was baptized by San Silvestro.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli 4/a, 00184 Rome Italy
Hidden in the beautiful district of Monti in Rome, in the characteristic church of San Pietro in Vincoli, is one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian art, Michelangelo’s Moses, an example of great craftsmanship and incomparable beauty.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Basilica of San Clemente, Via Labicana 95, 00184 Rome Italy
It is one of the most interesting and ancient basilicas in Rome, built before 385 and dedicated to San Clemente, the third pope after St. Peter. It consists of two superimposed churches, built on Roman buildings of the Republican age and on the remains of a temple of the god Mithras.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Piazza di Porta San Giovanni, 4, 00184 Rome Italy
It is the oldest basilica in the West as well as the cathedral of Rome. The land on which it stands was donated to the Church by the Emperor Constantine, fresh from conversion, as thanks for the victory of Ponte Milvio. It was Pope Miltiades who built the first basilica there, shortly after the edict of Milan (313).
Duration: 30 minutes
