An exciting journey through the history of the Church, where art and faith are intertwined in a way that manages to transmit wonder, wisdom and beauty to the different generations.
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For more than 1,700 years the Lateran complex has been a key player in the history of the Church. You will be able to experience this place thanks to an itinerary that, passing through the main rooms of the Apostolic Palace, will open the doors of the private apartment of the Bishop of Rome, finally arriving in the Lateran Basilica.
Starting from the ancient Patriarchium of the 4th century A.D. to the present day, we will throw open the doors of history to allow you to enter a complex that has marked the development of the Church and beyond.
Culture
An exciting journey through the history of the Church, where art and faith are intertwined in a way that manages to transmit wonder, wisdom and beauty to the different generations.
Culture
An exciting journey through the history of the Church, where art and faith are intertwined in a way that manages to transmit wonder, wisdom and beauty to the different generations.
History
For more than 1,700 years the Lateran complex has been a key player in the history of the Church. You will be able to experience this place thanks to an itinerary that, passing through the main rooms of the Apostolic Palace, will open the doors of the private apartment of the Bishop of Rome, finally arriving in the Lateran Basilica.
Starting from the ancient Patriarchium of the 4th century A.D. to the present day, we will throw open the doors of history to allow you to enter a complex that has marked the development of the Church and beyond.
History
For more than 1,700 years the Lateran complex has been a key player in the history of the Church. You will be able to experience this place thanks to an itinerary that, passing through the main rooms of the Apostolic Palace, will open the doors of the private apartment of the Bishop of Rome, finally arriving in the Lateran Basilica.
Starting from the ancient Patriarchium of the 4th century A.D. to the present day, we will throw open the doors of history to allow you to enter a complex that has marked the development of the Church and beyond.
The main stages
321
Emperor Constantine donates land to Pope Miltiades I
318
Pope Sylvester I consecrates the Basilica of the Holy Saviour
1585
Urban redevelopment by Pope Sixtus V
1800
Opening of the Museum of Arts and of the Department of Epigraphic Collections
1929
Signing of the Lateran Pacts
2021
Opening of the House of the Bishop of Rome
Beauty
At the Lateran Palace beauty, in all its forms, is at home. Through frescoed vaults and magnificent ceilings we will make you discover, room after room, tapestries of fine workmanship, paintings of the great masters and precious antique furniture.
Not only artistic but also spiritual beauty: through the stories of the great Prophets and Apostles, the allegories and catechetical references hidden in them, we will go in search of the deepest messages of faith.
Spirituality
«This is the chosen and blessed place from which, faithfully through the centuries, the rock on which the Church is founded confirms all the brothers in the truth of the faith, presides in charity over all the Churches and with firm gentleness guides all along the paths of holiness»
Spirituality
«This is the chosen and blessed place from which, faithfully through the centuries, the rock on which the Church is founded confirms all the brothers in the truth of the faith, presides in charity over all the Churches and with firm gentleness guides all along the paths of holiness»
«This is the chosen and blessed place from which, faithfully through the centuries, the rock on which the Church is founded confirms all the brothers in the truth of the faith, presides in charity over all the Churches and with firm gentleness guides all along the paths of holiness»
