Jubilee Small Group Tour: Rome and its Great Basilicas
Rome, Italy
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Trip Type: Cultural Tours
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Tour of the great Basilicas of Rome in a small group max 8 people. This walking tour which combines art,architecture and history of religion, will allow you to relive the evocative atmosphere of some of the most famous and beautiful places of worship in Rome on a journey back in time between faith and art.
The tour includes: Basilica of St. John Lateran with Lateran Baptistery and Holy Stairs, Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem and Basilica of Four Crowned Martyrs.
The tour includes: Basilica of St. John Lateran with Lateran Baptistery and Holy Stairs, Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem and Basilica of Four Crowned Martyrs.
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Tour of the great Basilicas of Rome in a small group max 8 people. This walking tour which combines art,architecture and history of religion, will allow you to relive the evocative atmosphere of some of the most famous and beautiful places of worship in Rome on a journey back in time between faith and art.
The tour includes: Basilica of St. John Lateran with Lateran Baptistery and Holy Stairs, Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem and Basilica of Four Crowned Martyrs.The guided tour of the basilicas will start with the visit of the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme a less know treasure of christian Rome. Even if it is usually not included in the routes of mass tourism is one of the most beautiful churches of the eternal city. In addition, it played an important role in the religous life of rome since it housed important relics dating from the passion of christ: fragments of the cross, a nail of the cross, and jesus’ crown of thorns. Not to mention, the beautiful decoration: mosaics and frescos dating from the 15th Century A.D.
St. John in Lateran, on the other hand draws large crowds of pilgrims who climb on their knees reciting rosary and prayers the scala santa, the stairs of the passion of Christ, which led him before Pontius Pilatus. The treasures of the church are countless: the amazing 14th century baldacchino, the statue of the 12 Apostles in the beautiful niches designed by Borromini architect and the cosmatesco floor embellished by coloured marbles, the octagonal Baptistery. After visiting the great basilicas of St. John and Santa Croce, you can experience a different atmosphere.
Away from the crowds of visitors a pilgrims you can enter the church of Santi quattro Coronati: a lovely little medieval complex with the church, the convent and beautiful cloister.
The tour includes: Basilica of St. John Lateran with Lateran Baptistery and Holy Stairs, Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem and Basilica of Four Crowned Martyrs.The guided tour of the basilicas will start with the visit of the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme a less know treasure of christian Rome. Even if it is usually not included in the routes of mass tourism is one of the most beautiful churches of the eternal city. In addition, it played an important role in the religous life of rome since it housed important relics dating from the passion of christ: fragments of the cross, a nail of the cross, and jesus’ crown of thorns. Not to mention, the beautiful decoration: mosaics and frescos dating from the 15th Century A.D.
St. John in Lateran, on the other hand draws large crowds of pilgrims who climb on their knees reciting rosary and prayers the scala santa, the stairs of the passion of Christ, which led him before Pontius Pilatus. The treasures of the church are countless: the amazing 14th century baldacchino, the statue of the 12 Apostles in the beautiful niches designed by Borromini architect and the cosmatesco floor embellished by coloured marbles, the octagonal Baptistery. After visiting the great basilicas of St. John and Santa Croce, you can experience a different atmosphere.
Away from the crowds of visitors a pilgrims you can enter the church of Santi quattro Coronati: a lovely little medieval complex with the church, the convent and beautiful cloister.
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