Half Day Tour 3 hrs : St. Mary Major - St. John’s in Lateran - Holy Staircase

The private guide and driver will meet you at the hotel. The tour will start from Santa Maria Maggiore, the last of the fourth Papal Basilicas that was founded in 5th century A.D., after the miracle of the snow in August. After visiting St. Mary Major Basilica, the guide will lead you to Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano : the oldest Papal Basilica, once called by Pope John Paul II “the mother of all the churches in the entire Christianity”, was built over the Headquarter of the Imperial Knights called “equites singulares” under the Emperor Constantine. It was the papal seat until the 15th century, when Pope Martin V moved to the Vatican. We’ll visit the Basilica inside with its 1700 century of history, the baroque decoration made by Borromini the beautiful Romanesque cloister, the Baptistery ending with the Holy Staircase, that was rebuilt in front of the basilica in the 4th century AD after being taken by St. Helena in Jerusalem and being found Pilatus’ House entrance on which Jesus himself stood in front of his people before the crucifixion. After the visit the driver will take you back to hotel.

Half Day Tour 3 hrs : St. Mary Major - St. John’s in Lateran - Holy Staircase

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