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I just tried to access the Roma.katolsk.no website and received an error message. Does anyone know if the site is down or no longer exists? Sad, it was a great reference tool.

Roma.katolsk.no is being converted to a Wiki at http://romanchurches.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Thank you James! I used that site for my last trip to Rome, and wanted to use it for my next trip--plenty more churches I'd like to see! pp

Grazie mille, James!!

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Go to your bookstore and pick up an "Arwtise Rome" map. It's compact, very easy to read and fold (waterproof, too) and clearly states the exact locations and siginifcance of 21 churches, 12 monuments, and 22 galleries/museums, including the one you ask about.

Without it we might never have finally found San Pietro in Vincoli or some other little treasures noted here. It also lists standard opening times as well as telephone contacts so you can ensure what you want to see will be open when you want to go. I originally bought this merely as a refernce map for planning, but once in Rome ease of use quickly made it our "go-to" map.

My favorite church is that testament to simple majesty and wondrous construction, the Pantheon.

Saints Ambrosio and Carlo, Via del Corso, next to Mausoleum of Augustus.

There is a little chapel at the top of the road leading between the Colosseum and Palatine. I don't remember the name of it, but it was so cool at night walking up there.

St. Mary and the Martyrs (Pantheon).

St. Mary & Angels, part of baths of Diocletian, Piazza Republica.

St. Andrea della Fratte, just south of the Spanish Steps. Home of the only 2 angels Bernini actually made for the bridge of angels.

Dave

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Here are cross references to a few other threads about churches in Rome:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...amp;dirtyBit=1

http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...t=0&screen

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They are all wonderful and the Pantheon ranks high on my list. I do, however, have a new favorite that I discovered last May: Santa Maria Aracoeli. Missed on previous trips because the exterior looked rather plain and so many steps to reach the entry. There is a short cut at the side of the "wedding cake" with fewer steps. The interior is gorgeous and has maybe forty crystal chandeliers--very impressive.

I do, however, have a new favorite that I discovered last May: Santa Maria Aracoeli. Missed on previous trips because the exterior looked rather plain and so many steps to reach the entry. There is a short cut at the side of the "wedding cake" with fewer steps. The interior is gorgeous and has maybe forty crystal chandeliers--very impressive.>>

we loved it too, despite DH getting thrown out because he was wearing shorts. the laugh was that they were the most decent shorts you could possibly imagine - think "it ain't 'alf 'ot mum" or scout-leader type. barely any knee showing at all.

we had another laugh too on the way out - a bride was making her way VERY slowly up all those steps whilst talking to someone on her "telefonino". I had the distinct impression that she was telling whoever had come up with the idea of getting married there exactly what she thought of them. Fortunately it wasn't raining, and the pics would have been good with that lovely wisteria in the background.

I found that I did a lot of research on fodors (including drafting a word document with the list of must-sees, including comments/notes) on "not to miss churches" in Rome and when I opened the guidebook many of them were already listed. D'oh.

Always fun to ask the questions though! You also learn nifty things when you dig deeper, for instance, on slowtalk there is a great "trip report" of interesting churches. Before one of my trips a few years ago, I learned there that the head of St John the Baptist is kept in a church located 50 yards (if that) from "my hotel". "Basilica Di San Silvestro in Capite" is the name of it.

I do wonder though how they verified it was his actual head. :-?

I do wonder though how they verified it was his actual head.>>

how could you doubt it, flygirl? along with all those bits of the real cross, the fingers [and other bits] of the saints ...i will make a point of going to look for St. John's noggin.

My favourite church in Rome is Maria Maggiore. I just love being inside this church, I don't know why. It seems peaceful to me. I am not even Catholic, but Quaker.

I also love St. Prassede, which is across the street from MM. The mosaics are very beautiful.

Thin