Sunday, October 4, 2009

Catacombs and St. John Lateran

Yesterday we paid a visit to one of the many Roman Catacombs, that of Saint Callisto. We took a guided tour in English (with a very strong accent!) and got a nice break underground from the relatively high temperatures of Rome. In this particular catacomb, about 500,000 people were burried - of which 100,000 were children. 16 Popes were also burried here, but have now been transferred to St. Peter's. Unfortunately they don't allow photography inside the catacombs so we don't have any photos.

Later in the afternoon we visited the Basillica of St. John Lateran, the first church built specifically for Christians. This was another very impressive church, very similar in style to St. Peter's but of course older.


Basillica of St. John Lateran


Outside the Catacombe San Callisto

2 comments:

Brian said...

great stories and pics again. you are certainly getting to visit some fantastic places.

I'm back in London now.

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