This collection gathers sites and events tied to the early centuries of Christianity in Rome: ancient churches, places of worship reshaped over time, mosaics, and traces of burials. It suits readers who want to follow the development of early Christian sacred spaces and see how they built up in layers.

Places: Early Christian Rome (48)

• Aventine: Things to See, from the Orange Garden to the KeyholeThe Aventine is the hill of Rome where the noise stops. You climb about 100 meters from the Circus Maximus or from the lungotevere, and within five…
• Basilica of Saints Cosmas and DamianThe Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian faces onto Via dei Fori Imperiali at the level of the Roman Forum, and it is one of the few churches in Ro…
• Basilica of San CrisogonoThe Basilica of San Crisogono is at Piazza Sidney Sonnino 44, at the start of Viale di Trastevere, at the point where the neighborhood stops being…
• Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the WallsPiazzale del Verano 3, 00185 Rome, phone 06 491511: the Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls is a parish church and admission is free, but it…
• Basilica of San PancrazioThe Basilica of San Pancrazio stands in Piazza di San Pancrazio, on the Janiculum, just past the gate that took its name from the saint and right u…
• Basilica of San Pietro in VincoliThe Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli is a Catholic place of worship in the historic center of Rome, in the Monti district, on the Oppian Hill. It…
• Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le muraVia Appia Antica 136, Ardeatino neighborhood, third mile of the Regina Viarum: the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le mura can be visited for free…
• Basilica of San VitaleThe Basilica of San Vitale opens onto Via Nazionale, at number 194/B, but to reach it you have to go down: the church lies several meters below str…
• Basilica of Sant’Agnese fuori le MuraThe Basilica of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura is at Via Nomentana 349, in Rome, in a part of the city where the ancient consular road still runs straig…
• Basilica of Santa PudenzianaThe Basilica of Santa Pudenziana is on Via Urbana, in the Monti district, halfway between Santa Maria Maggiore and Termini station, and the first t…
• Basilica of Santa Sabina on the AventineBasilica of Santa Sabina on the Aventine - Piazza Pietro D'Illiria, 1, 00153 Rome RM
• Basilica of Santi XII ApostoliThe Basilica of Santi XII Apostoli is in Piazza dei Santi Apostoli, a few steps from Piazza Venezia and the Altare della Patria, in the Trevi distr…
• Caelian HillThe Celio is the hill where the noise of the Colosseum suddenly stops. Climb 200 meters up from Piazza del Colosseo and you find yourself on a stre…
• Camposanto TeutonicoThe Camposanto Teutonico is inside Vatican City, on the left flank of St. Peter's Basilica, and admission is free: no ticket, no reservation for th…
• Casa della Cultura di Villa De SanctisCasa della Cultura di Villa De Sanctis Via Casilina , 665 Roma
• Catacombs of CommodillaThe Catacombs of Commodilla are catacombs in Rome, located on Via delle Sette Chiese, not far from Via Ostiense, behind the Basilica of St. Paul Ou…
• Catacombs of DomitillaThe Catacombs of Domitilla are on Via delle Sette Chiese, in the quadrant that separates Garbatella from the Appian Way Park, and are the most exte…
• Catacombs of GenerosaThe Catacombs of Generosa are a Roman catacomb located on Via delle Catacombe di Generosa, near an important bend of the Tiber River on the right b…
• Catacombs of PretestatoYou don't visit the Catacombs of Pretestato by showing up at the gate: they are an underground Christian cemetery at via Appia Pignatelli 11, run b…
• Catacombs of RomeThe Catacombs of Rome are the ancient underground burial areas dug by the Christian and Jewish communities on the outskirts of the city, starting f…
• Catacombs of San CallistoThere are monuments you visit and monuments you walk through. The Catacombs of San Callisto belong to the second group: they are not a facade to lo…
• Catacombs of San SebastianoCatacombs of San Sebastiano - Via Appia Antica, 136, 00179 Roma RM
• Catacombs of Santa TeclaThe Catacombs of Santa Tecla in Rome are near via Ostiense, not far from the Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura, along present-day via Silvio d'Am…
• Church of Santa Maria AntiquaThe church of Santa Maria Antiqua is one of the oldest Catholic places of worship dedicated to the Madonna, in the 6th century, in a group of Domit…
• Church of Santi Quirico e GiulittaThe church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta stands on Via Tor de’ Conti, in the Monti district, in that thin strip of the city that runs between the gre…
• Church of Santo Stefano Rotondo on the Celian HillThe Church of Santo Stefano Rotondo on the Celian Hill is on Via di Santo Stefano Rotondo, on the Celian Hill, a few minutes' walk from the Colosse…
• Hypogeum of Via Dino CompagniHypogeum of Via Dino Compagni - Via Latina, 258, 00179 Rome RM
• Lateran BaptisteryThe Lateran Baptistery is at Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano 4, on the left flank of the basilica as you face it, and is open every day from 9:0…
• Mausoleum of Saint Helena and Catacombs of Saints Marcellinus and PeterThe Mausoleum of Saint Helena and the Catacombs of Saints Marcellinus and Peter make up, at number 641 Via Casilina, the most imposing Constantinia…
• Mausoleum of Santa CostanzaThe Mausoleum of Santa Costanza is at number 349 on Via Nomentana, inside the monumental complex of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, a little over two ki…
• Nepi (VT)Nepi is in the province of Viterbo, in northern Lazio, about 50 kilometers north of Rome, perched on a triangular spur of tuff that the ravines hav…
• One Week in Rome: A Seven-Day ItinerarySeven days in Rome is the first travel format in which the city stops being a list of monuments and starts to look like a place where people live.…
• Palazzo della CancelleriaPalazzo della Cancelleria stands in Piazza della Cancelleria, in the heart of the Parione district, a few steps from Campo de' Fiori and from the s…
• Priscilla CatacombsPriscilla Catacombs - Via Salaria, 430, 00199 Roma RM
• Roman Houses of the Celian HillRoman Houses of the Celian Hill - Clivo di Scauro, 00184 Rome
• San Giovanni a Porta LatinaSan Giovanni a Porta Latina is an early Christian basilica located at via di Porta Latina 17, inside the Aurelian Walls, a few hundred meters from…
• San Lorenzo in DamasoSan Lorenzo in Damaso is an early Christian basilica that you can't see from the outside. Anyone walking along Corso Vittorio Emanuele II or coming…
• San Marco Evangelista al CampidoglioSan Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio is one of the oldest churches in Rome and, at the same time, one of the least visited in the Historic Center.…
• San Teodoro al PalatinoSan Teodoro al Palatino is a round church sunk below street level, on the northwest flank of the Palatine, along the ancient road that ran down fro…
• Sant’Anastasia al PalatinoSant’Anastasia al Palatino is at Piazza di Sant’Anastasia 1, in the corner between the flank of the Palatine Hill and the head of the Circus Maximu…
• Sant’Eusebio all’EsquilinoSant'Eusebio all'Esquilino is the church on the north corner of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, at number 12/A, with the double-ramp staircase and the…
• Sant’Agata dei GotiSant’Agata dei Goti is at Via Mazzarino 16, in the Monti district, on the flank of the Quirinal that slopes down toward the Imperial Forums. It's t…
• Santa Balbina all’AventinoSanta Balbina all’Aventino is an early Christian basilica in Piazza di Santa Balbina, in the San Saba rione, built inside a large late antique hall…
• St. Peter’s Basilica in the VaticanSt. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is the largest of Rome's four papal basilicas, often described as the largest church in the world and center of…
• TorpignattaraYou see Torpignattara on foot and without a ticket: streets, arches of the Alexandrine aqueduct and murals can all be seen from the public road. Th…
• Underground Rome: what you can visit beneath the cityUnderground Rome is not a place: it is a second layer of the city, often 10 or 15 meters beneath the feet of people walking downtown, and it is vis…
• Vatican Necropolis and Scavi di San PietroThere is only one way to book the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica: the request form on the website of the Fabbrica di San Pietro. No reseller…
• Villa dei Sette BassiVilla dei Sette Bassi is at Via Tuscolana 1700, in Rome, and is closed to the public on ordinary days. You get in only with the timed visits organi…