Religious Sites in Rome

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Religious Sites in Rome

Name	Category	Location

Basilica di San Pietro The world's largest church, built over the tomb of St. Peter...	Religious Sites	The Vatican

Cappella Sistina In 1508, the redoubtable Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo...	Religious Sites	The Vatican

Capuchin Crypt Not for the easily spooked, the crypt under the Church of Santa...	Religious Sites	Quirinale

Domine Quo Vadis? Domine Quo Vadis? This church was built on the spot where tradition...	Religious Sites	Via Appia Antica

Il Gesù The mother church of the Jesuits in Rome is the prototype of...	Religious Sites	Campo


Museo delle Terme di Diocleziano Though part of the ancient structure is now the church of Santa...	Religious Sites	Repubblica

Oratorio dei Filippini Housed in a baroque masterwork by Borromini, this former religious...	Religious Sites	Navona

Pantheon One of the wonders of the ancient world, this onetime pagan temple...	Religious Sites	Navona

Portico d'Ottavia Looming over the Ghetto district, this huge porticoed enclosure...	Religious Sites	Ghetto

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Sometimes identified by the diminutive San Carlino because of...	Religious Sites	Quirinale

San Clemente One of the most impressive archaeological sites in Rome, San...	Religious Sites	Monti and Esquilino

San Francesco a Ripa Near Trastevere's southern end, this Baroque church attached...	Religious Sites	Trastevere

San Giovanni dei Fiorentini Imbued with the supreme grace of the Florentine Renaissance...	Religious Sites	Campo

San Giovanni in Laterano The official cathedral of Rome, it's actually San Giovanni in...	Religious Sites	Monti and Esquilino

San Gregorio Magno Set amid the greenery of the Celian Hill, this church wears its...	Religious Sites	Celio

San Luigi dei Francesi A pilgrimage spot for art lovers everywhere, San Luigi's Contarelli...	Religious Sites	Navona

San Paolo fuori le Mura For all its dreary location and dull exterior (19th-century British...	Religious Sites	Testaccio

San Pietro in Montorio Built partly on command of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain in...	Religious Sites	Trastevere

San Pietro in Vincoli Michelangelo's Moses, carved in the early 16th century for the...	Religious Sites	Monti and Esquilino

San Saba Formerly a monastery founded by monks of the order of San Saba...	Religious Sites	Aventino and Testaccio

Sant'Agnese in Agone The quintessence of baroque architecture, this church has a facade...	Religious Sites	Navona

Sant'Agostino Caravaggio's celebrated Madonna of the Pilgrims—which scandalized...	Religious Sites	Navona

Sant'Andrea al Quirinale Designed by Bernini, this is an architectural gem of the Baroque...	Religious Sites	Quirinale

Sant'Andrea della Valle Topped by the highest dome in Rome (designed by Maderno) after...	Religious Sites	Campo

Sant'Andrea delle Fratte Copies have replaced Bernini's original angels on the Ponte Sant'Angelo...	Religious Sites	Spagna

Sant'Ignazio Rome's largest Jesuit church, this 17th-century landmark harbors...	Religious Sites	Corso

Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza The main facade of this eccentric Baroque church, probably Borromini's...	Religious Sites	Navona

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere The basilica commemorates the aristocratic St. Cecilia, patron...	Religious Sites	Trastevere

Santa Francesca Romana This church, a 10th-century edifice with a Renaissance facade...	Religious Sites	Roman Forum

Santa Maria Antiqua The earliest Christian site in the Forum was originally part...	Religious Sites	Roman Forum

Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri The curving brick facade on the northeast side of Piazza della...	Religious Sites	Repubblica

Santa Maria dei Miracoli A twin to Santa Maria in Montesanto, this church was built in...	Religious Sites	Piazza del Popolo

Santa Maria del Popolo Standing inconspicuously in a corner of the vast Piazza del Popolo...	Religious Sites	Piazza del Popolo

Santa Maria della Pace In 1656, Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669) was commissioned by Pope...	Religious Sites	Navona

Santa Maria della Vittoria Like the church of Santa Susanna across Piazza San Bernardo...	Religious Sites	Repubblica

Santa Maria di Aracoeli Sitting atop its 124 steps—"the grandest loafing place...	Religious Sites	Campidoglio

Santa Maria in Cosmedin Though this is one of Rome's oldest churches, with a haunting...	Religious Sites	Aventino and Testaccio

Santa Maria in Montesanto One of the two bookend churches on the eastern side of Piazza...	Religious Sites	Piazza del Popolo

Santa Maria in Trastevere Originally built sometime before the 4th century, this is certainly...	Religious Sites	Trastevere

Santa Maria in Vallicella/Chiesa Nuova This church, also known as Chiesa Nuova (New Church), was built...	Religious Sites	Navona

Santa Maria Maggiore The exterior of the church, from the broad sweep of steps on...	Religious Sites	Monti and Esquilino

Santa Maria sopra Minerva The name of the church reveals that it was built sopra (over)...	Religious Sites	Navona

Santa Prassede This small, inconspicuous 9th-century church is known above all...	Religious Sites	Monti and Esquilino

Santa Pudenziana Outside of Ravenna, Rome has some of the most opulent mosaics...	Religious Sites	Monti and Esquilino

Santa Sabina This Early Christian basilica demonstrates the severe—but...	Religious Sites	Aventino and Testaccio

Santi Cosma e Damiano Home to one of the most striking Early Christian mosaics in the...	Religious Sites	Imperial Forums

Santi Giovanni e Paolo Perched up the incline of the Clivus di Scauro—a magical...	Religious Sites	Celio

Santi Quattro Coronati One of those evocative cul-de-sacs in Rome where history seems...	Religious Sites	Celio

Santo Stefano Rotondo This 5th-century church likely was inspired by the design of...	Religious Sites	Celio

Scala Santa According to tradition, the Scala Santa was the staircase from...	Religious Sites	Monti and Esquilino

Sinagoga This aluminum-roof synagogue has been the city's largest Jewish...	Religious Sites	Ghetto

Tempio della Fortuna Virilis A picture-perfect, if dollhouse-size, Roman temple, this rectangular...	Religious Sites	Aventino and Testaccio

Tempio di Antonino e Faustina Erected by the Senate in honor of Faustina, deified wife of emperor...	Religious Sites	Roman Forum

Tempio di Castore e Polluce The sole three remaining Corinthian columns of this temple beautifully...	Religious Sites	Roman Forum

Tempio di Cesare Built by Augustus, Caesar's successor, the temple stands over...	Religious Sites	Roman Forum

Tempio di Venere e Roma Once Rome's largest and possibly cleverest temple (it was dedicated...	Religious Sites	Roman Forum

Tempio di Vespasiano All that remains of Vespasian's temple are three graceful Corinthian...	Religious Sites	Roman Forum

Tempio di Vesta While just a fragment of the original building, the remnant of...	Religious Sites	Roman Forum

Tempio di Vesta Long called the Temple of Vesta because of its similarity in...	Religious Sites	Aventino and Testaccio

Trinità dei Monti Standing high above the Spanish Steps, this 16th-century church...	Religious Sites	Spagna
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