This collection covers religious artworks such as frescoes, altarpieces, sculptures, liturgical furnishings, and painted cycles kept in churches, museums, and chapels. It suits readers studying Christian iconography, visitors who want to see works inside churches, or anyone following routes tied to the history of devotion.
Places: Sacred art (120)
Abbazia di Santa Maria di FalleriThe Abbey of Santa Maria di Falleri is not private and is not open every day: the church belongs to the Municipality of Fabrica di Roma, which open…- Abbey of San Giovanni in ArgentellaThe Abbey of San Giovanni in Argentella is at Via di San Giovanni in Argentella 94, in Palombara Sabina, and since 2020 it has been run directly by…
- Abbey of ValviscioloValvisciolo Abbey is at Via Badia 14, in the territory of Sermoneta, in the province of Latina, and is inhabited by a community of Cistercian monks…
- Acquapendente (VT)You can walk around Acquapendente freely, but the three places that justify the trip have different rules. The Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, in P…
- Anagni (FR)Anagni (FR) -
- Anagni Cathedral MuseumAnagni Cathedral Museum - Via Papa Leone XIII, 03012 Anagni FR
- Anglican All Saints Church – Chiesa di OgnissantiAnglican All Saints Church - Chiesa di Ognissanti - Via del Babuino, 153, 00187 Roma RM
- Baroque Rome: An Itinerary Through Churches, Piazzas and FountainsRoman Baroque is not a list of monuments. It is a system. Between 1623, when Urban VIII Barberini ascends to the papal throne, and 1667, when Alexa…
- Basilica di San Giorgio in VelabroThe Basilica di San Giorgio in Velabro is at Via del Velabro 19, in the Ripa district, set against the side of the Arco degli Argentari and about 3…
- Basilica di Sant’ApollinareThe Basilica di Sant'Apollinare is at Piazza di Sant'Apollinare 49, at the northern end of Piazza Navona, and is open only Monday through Friday, f…
- Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the WallsBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - Piazzale San Paolo, 1, 00146 Roma RM
- 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 Bartolomeo all’IsolaThe Basilica of San Bartolomeo all’Isola stands on the Tiber Island, in the Ripa district, and is the only monumental church in Rome built in the m…
- 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 in LucinaAddress: Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina, Colonna district, 00186 Rome. The street number changes depending on the source: the parish's official si…
- 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 SabaThe Basilica of San Saba stands on the Little Aventine, the small hill that splits off from the greater Aventine and slopes down toward the Aurelia…
- 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’EustachioThe Basilica of Sant'Eustachio is less than 100 meters from the Pantheon, in the block between Via della Palombella, Via di Sant'Eustachio and the…
- 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 Sant’Agostino in Campo MarzioThe Basilica of Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio is one of the first great Renaissance churches built in Rome and, in all likelihood, the one with the…
- Basilica of Sant’Andrea della ValleBasilica of Sant’Andrea della Valle - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 00186 Rome RM
- Basilica of Santa Cecilia in TrastevereThe Basilica of Santa Cecilia is a Catholic place of worship in the Trastevere district, outside the Historic Center of Rome, located at Piazza di…
- Basilica of Santa Maria in CosmedinThe Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin is at Piazza della Bocca della Verità 18, in the Ripa district, right where the Circus Maximus ends and the…
- Basilica of Santa Maria in TrastevereBasilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere - Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere, 00153 Rome RM
- Basilica of Santa Maria in Via LataThe Basilica of Santa Maria in Via Lata faces Via del Corso, at number 306, wedged between the bulk of Palazzo Doria Pamphilj and the continuous fl…
- Basilica of Santa Maria MaggioreThe Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the four papal basilicas, stands on top of the Esquiline Hill and is the only one to have preserved it…
- Basilica of Santa Maria sopra MinervaBasilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva - Piazza della Minerva, 42, 00186 Rome RM
- Basilica of Santa PrassedeBasilica of Santa Prassede - Via di Santa Prassede, 9/a, 00184 Rome RM
- Basilica of Santa Prisca and MithraeumThe Basilica of Santa Prisca and Mithraeum occupies a quiet corner of the Aventine, on a small tree-lined square a few hundred meters from the Circ…
- 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 Ambrogio e Carlo al CorsoThe basilica of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso occupies the upper stretch of Via del Corso, at number 437, just before the street opens onto Piazz…
- 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…
- Basilica of the Holy Cross in JerusalemThe Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem stands at Piazza di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme 12, 00185 Rome, in the Esquilino district, leaning again…
- Basilica of the Most Holy Four Crowned SaintsBasilica of the Most Holy Four Crowned Saints - Via dei SS. Quattro, 20, 00184 Roma RM
- Bassano Romano (VT)Bassano Romano is a village in the Tuscia that you can walk around freely, and its main monument, Villa Giustiniani-Odescalchi in Piazza Umberto I,…
- Benedictine Monastery of Santa ScolasticaSanta Scolastica is one of the 12 monasteries founded at Subiaco by Saint Benedict of Nursia around the year 520. It is the oldest in Italy, follow…
- 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…
- Caravaggio in Rome: where to see his paintingsRome is the city where Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio worked the longest, and it is also the city where today you can see the largest number of…
- Casamari AbbeyCasamari Abbey is at via Maria 25, in the Casamari district of Veroli, in the province of Frosinone. Entry is free, visiting hours are 9-12 and 15-…
- Cascia (PG)Cascia (PG) is in Umbria, in the southeastern corner of the province of Perugia, on the Sant'Agostino hill, above the valley of the Corno river. Th…
- Cassino (FR)Cassino (FR) -
- Castel Sant’Elia (VT)Castel Sant'Elia (VT) is a town of about 2,400 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, in the Agro Falisco, built on the edge of a tuff cliff that…
- 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 San SebastianoCatacombs of San Sebastiano - Via Appia Antica, 136, 00179 Roma RM
- CeriCeri is an inhabited hamlet of the Municipality of Cerveteri, built on a tuff cliff, and can be visited freely: you enter the village on foot, with…
- Certosa di TrisultiThe Certosa di Trisulti is at Via Trisulti 8, in the territory of Collepardo (FR), and today it is run by the State: the Ministry of Culture throug…
- Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei PellegriniThe Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini is in the rione Regola, at the corner of Via dei Pettinari and the piazza that bears its name, a…
- Christmas in Rome: markets, nativity scenes, lights and MassesChristmas in Rome is not a single day. It's a period a month long, which opens on December 8 with the feast of the Immaculate Conception and closes…
- Church of San Carlo alle Quattro FontaneThe Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane stands at the crossing that Romans simply call the Quattro Fontane, where Via del Quirinale becomes Vi…
- Church of San Francesco a RipaChurch of San Francesco a Ripa
Piazza di San Francesco d'Assisi,
Roma
Best kept ecclesiastical secret of Trastevere, whic…
- Church of San Luigi dei FrancesiThe Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, not far from Piazza Navona, in the Sant'Eustachio district, holds three paintings by Caravaggio in the Contar…
- Church of San Marcello al CorsoThe Church of San Marcello al Corso faces a small recessed square along via del Corso, in the Trevi rione, halfway between Palazzo Venezia and the…
- Church of San Pietro in CarcereThe Church of San Pietro in Carcere is at Clivo Argentario, at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, on the side of the Roman Forum that faces the Arch…
- Church of San Silvestro al QuirinaleThe Church of San Silvestro al Quirinale stands in the middle of Via Ventiquattro Maggio, on the Quirinal Hill, in the Trevi district, halfway betw…
- Church of Sant’Agata in TrastevereChurch of Sant'Agata in Trastevere
Largo san Giovanni de Matha,
Rome
Simply the church that keeps the statue of the Madonn…
- Church of Sant’Eligio degli OreficiThe church of Sant'Eligio degli Orefici was built by the Università degli Orefici e Argentieri, next to the building that is still the seat of the…
- Church of Sant’Ivo alla SapienzaChurch of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza - Corso del Rinascimento, 40, 00186 Roma RM
- Church of Sant’Urbano alla CaffarellaChurch of Sant'Urbano alla Caffarella - Parco della Caffarella - 00178 Roma RM
- Church of Sant’Andrea al QuirinaleThe Church of Sant’Andrea al Quirinale is on Via del Quirinale, a few steps from Palazzo del Quirinale and Scuderie del Quirinale, in one of the de…
- Church of Santa Francesca RomanaThe Church of Santa Francesca Romana looks onto the Roman Forum from the eastern flank of the archaeological area, a few meters from the Basilica o…
- Church of Santa Maria della ScalaThe Church of Santa Maria della Scala stands in Piazza della Scala, in the heart of Trastevere, a few dozen meters from the Basilica of Santa Maria…
- Church of Santa Maria MaddalenaThe Church of Santa Maria Maddalena faces the small square of the same name in the Colonna district, less than two minutes' walk from the Pantheon,…
- Church of Santi Luca e MartinaChiesa dei Santi Luca e Martina
Via della Curia,
Roma
- Church of Santo Spirito in SassiaThere are churches in Rome that announce themselves from afar, with domes that pierce the city's skyline and staircases that force you to slow down…
- 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…
- Church of the GesùThe Church of the Gesù faces a narrow square halfway between Palazzo Venezia and Largo di Torre Argentina, at one of the most crossed and least loo…
- Cloisters of San Cosimato in RomeThe Cloisters of San Cosimato in Rome are part of the former Convent facing Piazza San Cosimato, a few steps from Viale Trastevere, built next to t…
- Collepardo (FR)Collepardo is in Frosinone Province, in southern Lazio, at 674 meters of altitude on the slopes of the Ernici Mountains. The distance from Rome is…
- Column of the Immaculate ConceptionThe Column of the Immaculate Conception stands in piazza Mignanelli, the stretch of piazza di Spagna that widens in front of Palazzo di Propaganda…
- Contarelli ChapelThe Contarelli Chapel, frescoed by Caravaggio, is located in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, which faces the square of the same name,…
- Contigliano (RI)Contigliano is a municipality of about 3,600 inhabitants in the province of Rieti, seven kilometers west of the provincial capital, on the southwes…
- Domine Quo Vadis ChurchDomine Quo Vadis Church - Via Appia Antica, 51, 00179 Rome RM
- Fara in Sabina (RI)Fara in Sabina is a medieval village in the province of Rieti, in Lazio, perched at 482 meters above sea level on a ridge that looks over the Tiber…
- Fossanova AbbeyFossanova Abbey is in a hamlet of Priverno, in the province of Latina, where the Amaseno valley opens onto the eastern edge of the Pontine plain. I…
- Genazzano (RM)Genazzano (RM) - 00030 Genazzano RM
- Gesù e Maria al CorsoThe church of the Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria is at Via del Corso 45, in Rome, in the Campo Marzio district, and it is a rectory entrusted to t…
- Grottaferrata (RM)A small, elegant town at the gates of Rome, Grottaferrata is known for the Abbey of San Nilo and for the historic fair of medieval origin held here…
- Holy StairsHoly Stairs - Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 14, 00185 Rome RM
- Holy Trinity Sanctuary of VallepietraSantuario della Santissima Trinità is on Via Santissima Trinità, in the territory of Vallepietra (RM), below the wall of Monte Autore, at an altitu…
- Hypogeum of Via Dino CompagniHypogeum of Via Dino Compagni - Via Latina, 258, 00179 Rome RM
- International Nativity Scene Museum “Angelo Stefanucci”International Nativity Scene Museum Angelo Stefanucci - Via Tor de' Conti, 31, 00184 Rome RM, Italy
- La Portella di Trevi nel LazioLa Portella di Trevi nel Lazio - 03010 Trevi Nel Lazio FR, Italy
- 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…
- Monastery of Santa Rosa in ViterboThe Sanctuary of Santa Rosa in Viterbo, with the Poor Clares' monastery that surrounds it, has been open again since August 22, 2026, the day Bisho…
- Montecassino Abbey (FR)Montecassino Abbey (FR) - Via Montecassino, 03043 Cassino FR
- Mormon Temple in RomeMormon Temple in Rome - Via di Settebagni, 376, 00139 Roma RM
- Mouth of TruthThe Mouth of Truth is an enormous marble mask, famous all over the world, whose legend says it could bite the hand of anyone who puts it in its mouth.
- Museum of the Greek Abbey of San Nilo at GrottaferrataThe Museum of the Greek Abbey of San Nilo, also known as Santa Maria di Grottaferrata and consecrated in 1024 by Pope John XIX, houses Basilian mon…
- Norcia (PG)Norcia (PG) is in Umbria, province of Perugia, at about 600 meters above sea level on the northern edge of the Santa Scolastica plain, inside the M…
- Oratorio del GonfaloneOratorio del Gonfalone, the name by which Romans know the church of Santa Maria Annunziata del Gonfalone, is at Via del Gonfalone 32/a, on the corn…
- Oratorio di San Giovanni in OleoOratorio di San Giovanni in Oleo is closed to the public: it has no opening hours, no ticket office and no custodian on site. It stands on Via di P…
- Orvieto (TR)Orvieto, from the Latin urbs vetus ('old city'), is one of the most beautiful cities to visit about an hour and a quarter from Rome's G.R.A.
- PantheonIn the Historic Center of Rome, the Pantheon: a temple dedicated to all deities past, present and future.
In Ancient Greek: Πάνθεον [ἱερόν], Pánthe…
- Piazza del PopoloPiazza del Popolo is a symbolic place for all Romans: many events, facts, myths and legends of the city have been linked to this square since ancie…
- Piazza di Santa Maria in TrasteverePiazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere is the central square of Rione XIII, an irregular open space in front of the basilica of the same name, with an…
- Piccolo Duomo and the Museum of the Souls of PurgatoryPiccolo Duomo and the Museum of the Souls of Purgatory - Lungotevere Prati, 12, 00193 Rome RM
- Raphael in Rome: Where to See His WorksRaphael Sanzio arrives in Rome at the end of 1508, is 25 years old and has never worked for a pope. He dies in the same city on April 6, 1520, at t…
- Rieti (RI)Rieti is the capital of the northernmost province of Lazio and stands at about 400 meters above sea level in the Rieti basin, on the banks of the V…
- Russian Orthodox Church of Saint CatherineThe Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Catherine, dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, martyr, is at Via del Lago Terrione 77, inside the park…
- Sacro Speco of Subiaco, Monastery of St. BenedictThe Sacro Speco is the Monastery of St. Benedict in Subiaco, and it hangs on the face of Monte Taleo at 626 meters, above the Aniene valley, held u…
- San Bartolomeo dei BergamaschiSan Bartolomeo dei Bergamaschi, whose full title is Santi Bartolomeo e Alessandro dei Bergamaschi, stands at Piazza Colonna 360, with the confrater…
- San Benedetto in PiscinulaSan Benedetto in Piscinula is a very small church on Piazza in Piscinula, in the Trastevere district, about 100 meters from where Ponte Cestio come…
- San Bernardo alle TermeSan Bernardo alle Terme is a round church at Via Torino 94, at the corner with Piazza San Bernardo, carved out of one of the two circular halls tha…
- San Biagio degli ArmeniSan Biagio degli Armeni is on Via Giulia, at number 63 according to the tourist portal of Roma Capitale and 64 according to the Fiorentini parish,…
- San Carlo ai CatinariSan Carlo ai Catinari is the big Baroque church that closes off the east side of Piazza Benedetto Cairoli, halfway between Campo de’ Fiori and the…
- San Cesareo de AppiaSan Cesareo de Appia is at Via di Porta San Sebastiano 2, about 30 meters past the point where Piazzale Numa Pompilio narrows and the road becomes…
- San Claudio dei BorgognoniSan Claudio dei Borgognoni, which in the official sources carries the full name Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni, stands in Piazza di San Clau…
- San Clemente BasilicaSan Clemente Basilica in Rome, dedicated to Pope Clement I, stands in the valley between the Esquiline and the Caelian Hill, on the route linking t…
- San Gioacchino in PratiSan Gioacchino in Prati is on Via Pompeo Magno, at the corner of Piazza dei Quiriti, and the Roma Capitale tourist portal gives street number 106.…
- 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 Giovanni Battista dei GenovesiSan Giovanni Battista dei Genovesi is at Via Anicia 12, in Trastevere, and belongs to the Confraternita di San Giovanni Battista de' Genovesi, whic…
- San Girolamo dei CroatiSan Girolamo dei Croati faces onto Via Tomacelli, a step from Via di Ripetta, at the point where the Campus Martius opens toward the Tiber and towa…
- San Girolamo della CaritàSan Girolamo della Carità is a church on Via di Monserrato, in the Regola rione, halfway between Campo de’ Fiori and the Tiber, and it contains wha…
- San Giuseppe a Capo le CaseSan Giuseppe a Capo le Case stands at the top of the climb of Via di Capo le Case, on the corner with Via Francesco Crispi, and it is not a museum:…
- San Giuseppe dei FalegnamiSan Giuseppe dei Falegnami is the church almost nobody looks at: it stands at the top of the little staircase you see from the Roman Forum, at Cliv…
- San Gregorio al CelioSan Gregorio al Celio is the church that closes off, at the top of a monumental staircase, the east side of Piazza di San Gregorio, right opposite…
- San LorenzoSan Lorenzo is the neighborhood outside Porta Tiburtina where you can see four things in half a day: the Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, the…
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