Basilica Santi Giovanni e Paolo
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Contact Basilica Santi Giovanni e Paolo
| Address : | Piazza Dei SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 00184 Roma RM, Italy |
| Phone : | 📞 +977 |
| Website : | http://www.basilicassgiovanniepaolo.it/ |
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| City : | Roma |
| Description : | Ancient hilltop basilica, dating from the 4th century, built atop a network of ornate Roman rooms. |
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Darryl Rich on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great little church near Roman Forum (but a lot of steps to get to it). Free admission - worth seeing if in the area. 15-20min max.
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Oleg Naumov on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Excellent monument of medieval culture and architecture but original interiors were lost during so-called renovations in baroque style.
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michael checkley on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A visit to this church is worthwhile. The beauty makes for great ecclesial eye candy. St Paul of the Cross is buried here. Its the world HQ for the Passionist order. Archbishop Fulton Sheen was ordained a bishop in this church and all the beautiful chandeliers come from the Waldorf Astoria hotel in NYC. Cardinal Spellman of NY acquired them and donated them when the Waldorf was having a makeover.
This is the most popular church for weddings too.
Beneath the church are recent first century excavations which you can visit and you can actually go inside a 1st century Roman house. Amazing.
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Alex Pellegrineschi on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautiful church full of history close to villa Celimontana. This basilica is one of the oldest churches in Rome. Its construction started in 362 AD to remember John and Paul martirium, and then restored several time after the various sacks of Rome. Highly recommended to visit.
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Keith Baker on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Unique place place to see one of the ancient churchs of Rome not full of Tourists, but close enough to the Colosseum.
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Justin Lukasavige on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We did an underground tour with Through Eternity and this place was brought to life. From pagan time to early Christianity, walking on the old streets and viewing ancient homes this was all very interesting to learn. John and Paul were interesting to learn about.
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EWTN Vatican on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A few hundred meters away from the Roman Colosseum stands the unique archeological complex called the“ Case Romane del Ceilo" - the Roman houses of the Caelian Hill - found under the ancient Basilica of Saints John and Paul.
The appearance of the Church is the only one of its kind. The paleochristian facade, crowned by a relatively modern baroque cupola perfectly matches with the medieval bell tower, which is decorated with Islamic pottery dishes that were brought as trophies by the Crusaders. This apparently reflects the long-standing history of the Basilica which goes back to the time of the first Christians.
Tradition holds that the first building was built in the year 398 by the Roman Senator, Pammachius, who fashioned the house of the two Christian martyrs, John and Paul, into a Christian Basilica. Today, the relics of the two martyrs are traditionally venerated and placed under the main altar.
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Mauro Sgarbi on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ You Will visit one of the most beautifil churches in Rome. Also, here you Will travel trough time on layers of ancient Roman house. It's an experience to live!
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