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If you get the time and think it is worth it, try to go to La Bocca della Veritas or "The Mouth of Truth".
It is found in the atrium of St. Mary's in Cosmedin Church in Rome and is dated back to the 4th century B.C
This stone face was used for swearing oaths. The speker would put his hand in the mouth which would bit him if he was a liar. Leave a Comment
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St. Peter's Basilica
The largest, most famous and magnificant basilica in the world. Within it lie works of art (including Michaelangelo's 'Pieta') covering almost 2000 years of history. The Basilica was originally built where the Apostle Peter was believed to have been buried. The current Basilica was inaugurated in 1626 and only later the square in front was planned and completed with its colonnade by Berini.
Vatican City: Please visit my Vatican page for more pics and information about the smallest soverign state in the world.
Open from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Climb into the Dome to get a spectacular view, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Leave a Comment
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One of the most beautiful churches in Rome, is Santa Maria in Trastevere. Located on the heart of the Trastevere neighborhood, it still has it original Romanesque stile, with a precious 12th-century mosaic in the front.
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just south-east of the city-centre you will find the majority of Rome's catacombes - Callisto being the largest and evidently best researched one.
The tunnels and the excavations are really extraordinary. Along with our very inspiring guide father ? (I have forgotten the name, sorry) we plunged into the depths of roman (pre-)Christian history and learned a good deal about the persecution and then the acceptance of Christianity. Leave a Comment
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A lovely, tucked-away church on the Celian Hill. Only 10 minutes walk from the Colosseum, but very peaceful.
Giovanni and Paulo were two weathy-ish Romans who were beheaded on the spot (their houses) in 361AD, because they refused military service. What is supposed to be their house(s) is accessible under the church (the Case Romane: see tip), along with part of a Roman street.
The two were supposedly buried on the spot of their martyrdom, so the church has a shrie marking the spot. It also has lots of chandeliers and is a popular church for weddings. There was one when I visited, which meant I couldn't really explore it properly (it would have been somewhat intrusive!), but I think it would be worth a visit.
The separate campanile is very pretty: some of its decorative ceramic discs were originally ancient Arabic plates !): they are now displayed in the Case Romane museum. Underneath the campanile is part of a massive temple to Claudius.
On Clivio de Scauro; access from Via Claudia (on the right at the top of the hill) or from Via di S. Gregorio (on the left with the Colosseum behind you). Leave a Comment
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For those who would like to get a better view of St.Peter's Cupola, I suggest to get to Via Piccolomini. Due to an optical illusion it seems huge but this changes when you move towards the Cupola itself.
By car/taxi it takes about 10 minutes to get to Via Piccolomi from the Vatican.
On YouTube you can watch an abstract from Antonioni's movie "L'Avventura" where you can see Via Piccolomini in the 1960:
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The catacombs where the young Santa Agnes was laid to rest after her martyrdom in 304AD became a place of pilgrimage almost immediately after her death and when Constantine's daughter Constantia was cured (legend says of leprosy) by praying to the saint they became important enough for an imperial princess herself to be entombed there. Constantia ordered the building first of a baptistry (where she and her sister Helena were baptised) and later a funerary hall over the catacomb, but a princess requires a grander burial place than this and so a mausoleum was raised over the site and decorated in style befitting her noble ancestry.
Now known as the Chiesa di Santa Constanza (although she neither officially canonized not, in fact buried here, she died before it was completed) the mausoleum was more probably used for the burial of Helena, who was both the daughter of an emperor and the wife of another. Constantia's body was moved here to lie beside her sister in a magnificent porphyry sarcophagus. Her body was later buried beneath the central altar and the building consecrated as a church in her name.
The church is circular, with 12 pairs of elegant pillars supporting the dome and a barrel-vaulted ambulatory set with delicate mosaics of fruit and flowers, birds and beasts, the oldest surviving Christian ones known. Although not all have survived - those in the dome were said to be of astonishing beauty but were destroyed in the 17th century and a now-fading frescoed ceiling put in their place - the ones that remain give us an idea of just how lovely this little building must have been. The symbols used have significance to both pagan and Christian beliefs - an intriguing reminder of the duality of Constantine's position at this time. Later mosaics (6th or 7th century) in the niches are totally Christian and considerably less sophisticated in their execution though their original borders remain and give some idea of the richness of the images these have replaced.
You can acces the church either through a gate in the far corner of the garden of the adjacent Basilica of Saint Agnes or via a short road at th end of the wall around the church garden. The church looks best in afternoon light but it is a popular wedding venue so you may have to wait before you can enter.
Open: Monday 0900-1200; Tuesday-Saturday: 0900-1200, 1600-1800; Sunday: 1600-1800
The church can be found in the area known as Nomentana, a short distance outside the city walls, north-east of Termini.
Address: Via Nomentana 349. Take Bus #36 from Termini or #60 from Piazza Venezia Leave a Comment
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It doesn't matter if catholic or not, Vatican is a must see when visiting Rome. I was here the very first evening we came to Rome and the whole St. Peter Square was overcrowded by the both locals and tourists. The ambient looks great during night because of carefuly designed lights but not only. Visitors and tourists stood in a groups or strolling around, admiring the architecture and expessing their joy for being here. It was the most quiet crowd and very dignified. Leave a Comment
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Tourists to go to see the catacombs but it doesn't seem to be on the top of most lists. We were of two minds whether to take the option tour and in the end we did.
The San Callisto Catacombs were just a Christian cemetery, not a refuge for people being persecuted. Very interesting though and the guide that took us must have been Methuselah's father or one of the original gravediggers! But he was very interesting and really knew his information but you really had to stick with him going through the corridors because you really could get lost in there and it wasn't a place for claustrophobics. You went down 3 or 4 flights of stairs into narrow passageways who's walls were very high, several stories deep. The graves were dug out of the walls and went up 4 or 5 levels up. Turns out they started at the top and dug down as it got filled up and there are several more levels beneath the one we saw. The graves are now all empty on that level, the bones had been moved to one of the other levels as it would be disrespectful for all these tourists to be gawping at them. There are little family chapels dug in as well with the remnants of decorations on the walls. It was quite cool and self ventilating too which surprised us. Leave a Comment
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Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore
Via del Santuario(via Ardeatina Km 12)
00134 ROMA
ITALY
Tel. 0039 6 71353302-3
fax. 0039 6 71353304
c/c Postale nº 721001
The manager of the pensionne insisted on personally taking us to the Sanctuary of our Lady of Divine Love. Since it wasn't in any of the guidebooks I had glossed over, I was rather halfhearted about going...but now it's the only place I'd ever go back to if I do return to Roma. Located in the outskirts of Rome, you take a bus to Divino Amore (which is invariably filled with tourists en route to the Catacombs, which are on the way to the Sanctuary). Divino Amore doesn't strike one as impressive, especially after you've seen the glorious cathedrals of Rome, but it holds a special significance for devout Italian Catholics.
The historical events of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Love started in the 12th century, when in that area of the Roman countryside there stood a kind of a fortress owned by the Savello-Orsini Family, which was called 'Castel di Leva'.
On one of the castle's towers there was an image of the Holy Virgin Mary sitting on a throne, holding the Child Jesus in her arms, with a dove descending upon her, as a symbol of the Holy Spirit, Who is Divine Love. The image, painted in fresco in that same period, was much venerated by the local shepherds.
In the spring of 1740, as he reached the neighbourhood of the tower, a traveler going to Rome was attacked by a pack of dogs and was about to be torn to pieces. The poor man raised his eyes towards the sacred image and asked the Mother of God for help. There followed a miracle: all of a sudden the dogs scattered , fleeing through the countryside.
In 1944 Rome was in danger of destruction by the events of the war. On January 24th the painting of the Holy Virgin Mary was carried to various churches in the city and finally to the Church of Saint Ignatius, where, on the 4th of June 1944 the Roman people, in order to obtain the liberation of Rome, made a vow to renew their life, to build a new sanctuary and to perform an act of charity in her honour. Our Lady worked the miracle and Rome was saved. On the 11th of June 1944 Pope Pius XII went to pray with the people of Rome and conferred on Our Lady of Divine Love the title of 'Saviour of City'.
Many faithful Italians have flocked to Divino Amore to plead for the Virgin Mother's intercession...and, from the number of paper, glass, and stone hearts strewn all over the lawns and hung in the chapel itself, it appears that their prayers were answered. Leave a Comment
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