Celio
District of Rome
Latium - Italy

Archbasilica of St. John Lateran

The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (Italian: Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano), commonly known as St. John Lateran's Archbasilica, St. John Lateran's Basilica, and just The Lateran Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome, who is the Pope. It is the oldest and ranks first among the four Papal Basilicas or major basilicas of Rome (having the cathedra of the Bishop of Rome).

Located at 41.8859, 12.5062 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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4th-century church buildings, Basilica churches in Rome, Burial places of popes, Cathedrals in Italy, Patriarchal basilicas, Properties of the Holy See, Recipients of the Golden Rose, Roman Baroque

Domus Aurea

The Domus Aurea was a large landscaped portico villa built by the Emperor Nero in the heart of ancient Rome, after the great fire in 64 AD had cleared away the aristocratic dwellings on the slopes of the Palatine Hill.

Located at 41.8914, 12.4953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Julio-Claudian dynasty, Ancient palaces in Rome, 1st-century architecture

Laocoön and His Sons

The statue of Laocoön and His Sons (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), also called the Laocoön Group, is a monumental sculpture in marble now in the Vatican Museums, Rome. The statue is attributed by the Roman author Pliny the Elder to three sculptors from the island of Rhodes: Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus. A life size work (1.84 m in height), it shows the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being strangled by sea serpents.

Located at 41.8921, 12.5003 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Antiquities acquired by Napoleon, Hellenistic sculpture, Roman copies of Greek sculptures, Sculptures of the Vatican Museums, Visitor attractions in Rome

Caelian Hill

The Caelian Hill (Latin Collis Caelius, Italian Celio) is one of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. Under reign of Tullus Hostilius, the entire population of Alba Longa was forcibly resettled on the Caelian Hill. According to a tradition recounted by Titus Livy, the hill received its name from Caelius Vibenna, either because he established a settlement there or because his friend Servius Tullius wished to honor him after his death.

Located at 41.885, 12.4967 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Seven hills of Rome

Basilica of San Clemente

The Basilica of Saint Clement (Italian: Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to Pope Clement I located in Rome, Italy.

Located at 41.8894, 12.4975 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, Romanesque architecture in Lazio, Mithraea, Sites of papal elections, 4th-century church buildings, 12th-century church buildings, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Lateran Palace

The Lateran Palace, formally the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran, is an ancient palace of the Roman Empire and later the main papal residence. Adjacent to the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, the cathedral church of Rome, the Lateran Palace is now occupied by the Museo Storico Vaticano which illustrates the history of the Papal States.

Located at 41.8866, 12.5057 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Episcopal palaces, Palaces in Rome, Properties of the Holy See

Baths of Trajan

The Baths of Trajan were a massive thermae, a bathing and leisure complex, built in ancient Rome starting from 104 AD and dedicated during the Kalends of July in 109. Commissioned by Emperor Trajan, the complex of baths occupied space on the southern side of the Oppian Hill on the outskirts of what was then the main developed area of the city, although still inside the boundary of the Servian Wall. The architect of the complex is said to be Apollodorus of Damascus.

Located at 41.8919, 12.4963 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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2nd-century architecture, Ancient Roman baths in Rome, Trajan

Celio (rione of Rome)

Celio is the XIXth rione of Rome. Its logo is the bust of an African, with an elephant headdress with golden tusks on a silver background, in memory of an African bust that was found in via Capo d'Africa.

Located at 41.8818, 12.4953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rioni of Rome

Santi Quattro Coronati

Santi Quattro Coronati is an ancient basilica in Rome, Italy. The church dates back to the 4th (or 5th) century, and is devoted to four anonymous saints and martyrs. The complex of the basilica with its two courtyards, the fortified Cardinal Palace with the Saint Silvester Chapel, and the monastery with its cosmatesque cloister is built in a silent and green part of Rome, between the Colosseum and San Giovanni in Laterano, in an out-of-time setting.

Located at 41.8883, 12.4983 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1110s architecture, Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, Pope Benedict XV, 4th-century Christian saints, 4th-century church buildings

San Sisto Vecchio

San Sisto Vecchio is a church in Rome, devoted to St. Pope Sixtus II. It was built in the 4th century, and is recorded as the Titulus Crescentianae, thus relating the church to some Crescentia, possibly a Roman woman who founded the church. According to tradition, the church was established by Pope Anastasius I (399-401). The church houses the relics of St. Pope Sixtus II, transferred here from the Catacombs of St. Callixtus in the 6th century.

Located at 41.8804, 12.496 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 4th-century church buildings, Burial places of popes

Santo Stefano Rotondo

The Basilica of St. Stephen in the Round on the Celian Hill (Italian: Basilica di Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, Latin: Basilica S. Stephani in Coelio Monte) is an ancient basilica and titular church in Rome, Italy. Commonly named Santo Stefano Rotondo, the church is the National church in Rome of Hungary dedicated to Saint Stephen and Saint Stephen of Hungary. The minor basilica is also the rectory church of the Pontifical Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum. The Cardinal Priest or titular S.

Located at 41.8844, 12.4967 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, National churches in Rome, Mithraea, Rotundas, 5th-century church buildings, Palaeo-Christian architecture in Italy

Congregation of Jesus and Mary

The Congregation of Jesus and Mary, commonly referred to as the Eudists is a Society of Apostolic Life in the Roman Catholic Church.

Located at 41.8873, 12.4975 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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French school of spirituality, 1643 establishments in France, Societies of apostolic life, Religious organizations established in 1643

Major basilica

Major basilica (Latin: Basilica maior, Basilicae maiores in plural) is the title given to the four highest-ranking Roman Catholic churches: Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, St. Peter's Basilica, Saint Paul Outside the Walls, and St. Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore). St. Peter's Basilica is located in Vatican City, while the other three are located in Rome, Italy. St. John Lateran, the seat of the papal throne, is the oldest and the first in the established order of the papal basilicas.

Located at 41.8859, 12.5062 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Christian terms, Types of church buildings

Ludus Magnus

The Ludus Magnus or The Great Gladiatorial Training School is the largest of the gladiatorial arenas in Rome, Italy. It was built by the emperor Domitian (81-96 AD) in the valley between the Esquiline and the Caelian hills, an area already occupied by Republican and Augustan structures. The still visible ruins of the monument belong to a second building stage attributed to the emperor Trajan (98-117), where the Ludus plane was raised by about 1.5 m.

Located at 41.89, 12.495 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1st-century architecture, Ancient Roman architecture, Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Rome, Topography of ancient Rome

Santa Maria in Domnica

Santa Maria in Domnica — also known as Santa Maria alla Navicella — is a basilica church in Rome. The current Cardinal Deacon of the Titulus S. Mariae in Domnica is William Joseph Levada.

Located at 41.8847, 12.4956 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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7th-century establishments, 1510s architecture, Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 7th-century church buildings

Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano

Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano is a Roman catholic parish and titular church in Rome on the Via Merulana. It is dedicated to Saints Marcellinus and Peter, 4th century Roman martyrs, whose relics were brought here in 1256.

Located at 41.889, 12.5031 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, 4th-century church buildings

Oppian Hill

The Oppian Hill is the southern spur of the Esquiline Hill (Varro, LL V.50), one of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. It is separated from the Cispius on the north by the valley of the Subura, and from the Caelian Hill on the south by the valley of the Colosseum. The Oppius and the Cispius together form the Esquiline plateau just inside the line of the Servian Wall. In the divisions of the Septimontium (seven hills – Fest.

Located at 41.8934, 12.4965 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hills of Rome

Lateran Obelisk

The Lateran Obelisk is the tallest obelisk in Rome, and the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, weighing 455 tons. It is located in the square across from the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.

Located at 41.8868, 12.5048 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Obelisks in Rome

Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Rome

Santi Giovanni e Paolo is an ancient basilica church in Rome, located on the Celian Hill. It is also called Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio or referred to as SS Giovanni e Paolo. The church was built in 398, by will of senator Pammachius, over the home of two Roman soldiers, John and Paul, martyred under Julian in 362. The church was thus called the Titulus Pammachii and is recorded as such in the acts of the synod held by Pope Symmachus in 499.

Located at 41.8864, 12.4922 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Basilica churches in Rome, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Gay Street (Rome)

The Gay Street (Italian: Gay Street di Roma) is an area in Rome, Italy designated as a gay- and lesbian-friendly neighborhood. A 300-metre shopping and bar area in the center of the city on Via San Giovanni in Laterano, a street leading to the east flank of the Colosseum, it was formally designated in 2007. The opening ceremonies, led by the Italian LGBT organization Arcigay, were attended by celebrities and national and municipal politicians.

Located at 41.8896, 12.496 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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2007 establishments in Italy, LGBT culture in Italy, Districts of Rome, Gay villages in Italy, Culture in Rome, Visitor attractions in Rome, Shopping districts and streets in Rome

Diocese of Rome

The Diocese of Rome (Latin: Dioecesis Urbis seu Romana, Italian: Diocesi di Roma) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Rome, Italy. Its bishop is known as the Pope, and is the Supreme Pontiff and leader of the Catholic Church. Established in the 1st century, the current Bishop of Rome is Francis from 13 March 2013.

Located at 41.8859, 12.5062 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy, Dioceses in Europe

Villa Mattei

The Villa Mattei or Villa Celimontana is a villa on the Caelian Hill in Rome, best known for its gardens. Its grounds cover most of the valley between the Aventine Hill and the Caelian.

Located at 41.8842, 12.4944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Villas in Rome, House of Mattei

Pontifical University Antonianum

The Pontifical University Antonianum (also the Pontifical University of St. Anthony or simply The Antonianum) is a Franciscan university founded in honour of Anthony of Padua in Rome.

Located at 41.8892, 12.5042 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Education in Rome, Universities in Italy, Pontifical Universities, Educational institutions established in 1933

Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

The Church of Saint Anthony of Padua on Via Merulana (Italian: Sant'Antonio da Padova all'Esquilino, Latin: S. Antonii Patavini de Urbe) is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome, built for the Order of Friars Minor, who needed a new home after they were moved from Santa Maria in Aracoelito allow the construction of the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II. On the 12 March 1960 Pope John XXIII granted it a titular church as a seat for Cardinals.

Located at 41.8888, 12.5039 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Religious buildings completed in 1888, 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings, Titular churches in Rome, Franciscan churches, Roman Catholic congregations established in the 19th century, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

San Tommaso in Formis

The church of San Tommaso in Formis is a small church in Rome, situated on the Caelian Hill.

Located at 41.8853, 12.4953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Churches in Rome, Trinitarians