Church
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
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Sergio E Stefano
October 21, 2017
The Minor Basilica of Saint Lawrence Outside the Walls is one of Rome’s oldest churches and houses the relics not only of Saint Lawrence but also of Saint Justin and Saint Stephen. It is one of the seven station churches of Rome. If all are visited by a pilgrim, then you are granted a plenary indulgence. The origins of this church come from the Emperor Constantine, who built an oratory here in honor of the site where it was assumed that Saint Lawrence was martyred. Later, in the 6th Century a church was built here. Even later, in the 12th Century, another Church was built. The Basilica is of the simpler style of the earlier Christian churches, which makes it somewhat unique among Roman Basi
The Minor Basilica of Saint Lawrence Outside the Walls is one of Rome’s oldest churches and houses the relics not only of Saint Lawrence but also of Saint Justin and Saint Stephen. It is one of the seven station churches of Rome. If all are visited by a pilgrim, then you are granted a plenary indulg…
Giggetto
August 20, 2014
One of the seven churches of the Pilgrimages, its original foundation dates back to 580 AC.
Francesco
March 5, 2014
University area San lorenzo where you can get around bars and clubs and restaurants for students
Denise
February 20, 2013
San Lorenzo is a district. Originally a working-class neighbourhood, it has been a popular, left-oriented area. Today is increasingly assuming the character of a student and young artist district.
Federico
October 7, 2022
From Via dei Marrucini get off in Via Tiburtina and turn left, go straight on Via Tiburtina for about six hundred meters, go straight on to Piazzale del Verano, at the end of the square you will find the entrance to the Church next to that of the cemetery. Rome is full of churches, each hiding small and big secrets to discover the history and architecture of a magical city. One of these is San Lorenzo fuori le mura, one of the oldest churches, which dates back to the fourth century AD. preserving original elements just like its catacombs, which can still be visited today. At the entrance we can admire a fantastic portico, the three-nave basilica with the wonderful "Cosmatesque" floor is composed of two basilicas on two levels, with the upper one transformed into a presbytery, and then again you can visit the characteristic kiosk. The basilica of San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura (also known as San Lorenzo al Verano) is one of the "Seven churches", object of pilgrimages during the Jubilees since 1300. It is in this very place that some scholars claim that the Holy Grail is hidden, the object of the cult film “The Da Vinci Code” with Tom Hanks. Entrusted to San Lorenzo in 258 by Pope Sixtus II, the chalice in which Jesus drank the wine during the Last Supper, would be buried together with the holy martyr.
From Via dei Marrucini get off in Via Tiburtina and turn left, go straight on Via Tiburtina for about six hundred meters, go straight on to Piazzale del Verano, at the end of the square you will find the entrance to the Church next to that of the cemetery. Rome is full of churches, each hiding smal…
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3 Piazzale del Verano
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