Churches and Basilicas

Standing on the crown of the Caelian Hill, the church of Santa Maria in Domnica is an ancient diaconia (a center for charitable activities) that was built in the 7th centur

The first documentary reference to this very ancient church in the Rione Regola, a short walk from the

The Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina is located in via della Conciliazione, in the Borgo district

In the night between 26 and 27 September 1256, the waters of the well of a stable owned by Cardinal Pietro Capocci, a Roman noble related to the Colonna, the Orsini and the Cenci,

The church of Santa Maria Liberatrice stands on land purchased by the Holy See during the pontificate of Leo XIII (1878-1903), to erect a large building of worship.

The story of the Roman virgin martyr St Susanna takes us back to the time of the Emperor Diocletian: according to tradition, the young woman was in fact beheaded after she refused

The church first emerges into documented history with the name Sancti Stephani de Pinea because of the huge antique pine cone, now preserved in the Vatican City, after which the wh

The Church of Domine Quo Vadis stands at the crossroads between the Appian Way and the Via Ardeatina, about

The Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called merely the Trinità dei Monti, is situated above the famous

In 1500 in Rome there is a large presence of Bergamo people, a town located in Northern Italy, 60 km away from Milan: workers, artisans, wool and silk merchants, couriers, magistra

Located at the foot of the Capitol Hill, between the basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli

The oratory was built between 1544 and 1547 on the church of Santa Lucia Vecchia by order of the Archconfraternity of the Gonfalone, whose origins date back to the 13th century.

The French National Church, founded by Cardinal Giulio dei Medici (future Pope Clement VII) in 1518, was completed in 1589 by Domenico Fontana, based on a design by Giacomo