As the home of the Pope and the Catholic Curia, as well as the locus of many sites and relics of veneration related to apostles, saints and Christian martyrs, Rome had long been a destination for pilg
Seven Churches of Rome, copper engraving 1575
Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
Basilica di San Paolo fuori le mura
The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the Lateran, Saint Peter's, and Saint Mary Major, as well as o
Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome
…Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Major papal basilica) Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (Major papal basilica) Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Major papal basilica…
An 18th-century engraving of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.
Ruins of the Basilica after the fire of 1823
Exterior Holy Door by Enrico Manfrini (2000)