The Road to Rome: Pictures from the Via Francigena

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Via Francigena: St Maurice to the Grand St Bernard Pass [108]
ViaFrancigena: the Grand St Bernard Pass to St Vincent [185]
Via Francigena: St Vincent to Pavia [264]
Via Francigena: Pavia to the Cisa Pass [278]
Via Francigena: The Cisa Pass to Lucca [258]
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Sentiero Francescano [21]
Classical Rome [86]
Rome: Constantine and his Churches [239]
Rome: Later 4th and early 5th Century Churches [87]
- San Marco [6]
- Santa Maria in Trastevere [33]
- SS Nereo ed Achilleo (Catacomb of Domitilla) [1]
- San Valentino [1]
- Santa Anastasia [4]
- San Lorenzo in Damaso [2]
- SS Nereo ed Achilleo (Terme di Caracalla) [8]
- Santa Pudenziana [12]
- San Clemente
- San Sisto Vecchio [1]
- Santa Prisca [1]
- Santa Maria in Via Lata [2]
- San Vitale [3]
- SS Giovanni e Paolo [5]
- Sant'Alessio e Bonifazio [8]
Rome: 5th Century Churches [194]
Rome: 6th Century Churches [34]
Rome: 7th Century Churches [67]
Rome: 8th Century Churches [19]
Rome: Sigeric's Churches [22]
Rome: Walls and Gates [132]

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Rome: Later 4th and early 5th Century Churches

San Marco

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Established by Pope Marcus in 336 at the point where the Via Lata reached the Forum area, this is the oldest surviving papal foundation. It is now built into the Palazzo Venezia.
Santa Maria in Trastevere

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Founded by Pope Julius I about 345 on a plot of land originally given to the Church by Pope Callistus about 220, and therefore one of the oldest church locations in Rome. Also, with Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the earliest dedications to Mary in the city.
SS Nereo ed Achilleo (Catacomb of Domitilla)

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Built late in the 4th century over the catacombs of Domitilla on the Via Appia
San Valentino

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Founded in the middle of the 4th century under Pope Julius I, only scanty remains are now visible.
Santa Anastasia

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The first of the 5 community churches founded by Pope Damasus (s 366-384), it is situated between the Palatine Hill and the Circus Maximus, and on the ancient Vicus Tuscus, which linked the Forum to the port area on the Tiber.
San Lorenzo in Damaso

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Founded by Pope Damasus (s 366-384) in a prominent location on the Campus Martius, and now incorporated into the Palazzo della Cancellaria.
SS Nereo ed Achilleo (Terme di Caracalla)

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Another foundation by Pope Damasus, this church stands near the Baths of Caracalla. The relics of Domitilla and her two martyred servants were moved here from the church of the same name at the catacomb of Domitilla in 524.
Santa Pudenziana

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Another foundation by Pope Damasus, this church was built on land belonging to the Senator Pudens, who is said to have given hospitality to Peter or Paul. It was situated in the densely populated Subura area of the city.
San Sisto Vecchio

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Built under Pope Anastasius (s 399-402), this is one of the last churches to be built in the 4th century.
Santa Prisca

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In a quiet residential area on the Aventine Hill, this church is said to stand on the site of the house belonging to St Paul's friends Aquila and Priscilla.
Santa Maria in Via Lata

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A large Roman warehouse standing at the foot of the Via Lata was converted to a church either at the end of the 4th century or the beginning of the 5th.
San Vitale

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San Vitale was founded under Pope Innocent I (s 402-417) at the heart of the densely-populated Subura area, using funds from the legacy of a wealthy Roman widow, Vestina.
SS Giovanni e Paolo

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Completed just before the fall of Rome in 410, this church stands on the Celian Hill above a series of earlier dwellings, the last of which contains the only archaeological evidence so far discovered of Christian worhip on the site, before the construction of the first church.
Sant'Alessio e Bonifazio

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Reputedly founded in the 4th century, and originally dedicated to San Bonifazio, this church was rebuilt in the 12th century and rededicated to Sant'Alessio

Churches founded in the city centre between Constantine's move to Constantinople in 324 and the fall of Rome to Alaric the Goth in 410.