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Visit the four Papal Basilicas in Rome. They are the four most important churches in the city and in Christianity. We will meet in your hotel where our driver will pick up you. Being major basilicas, they have a holy door and a papal altar: the holy doors are opened with a special rite by the Pope or his representative only for the duration of a Holy Year. You will visit the most beatiful, impressive and important churches in Rome. Saint John whit Holy Staircase, Saint Peter in Vatican City with his majestic art inside, Saint Mary Major with its beautiful mosaics and Saint Paul with the wonderful cloister and the archaeological area.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Visit the four Papal Basilicas in Rome. They are the four most important churches in the city and in Christianity. We will meet in your hotel where our driver will pick up you. Being major basilicas, they have a holy door and a papal altar: the holy doors are opened with a special rite by the Pope or his representative only for the duration of a Holy Year. You will visit the most beatiful, impressive and important churches in Rome. Saint John whit Holy Staircase, Saint Peter in Vatican City with his majestic art inside, Saint Mary Major with its beautiful mosaics and Saint Paul with the wonderful cloister and the archaeological area.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Piazza di Porta San Giovanni, 4, 00184 Rome Italy
It is the first of the four major papal basilicas and the oldest and most important basilica in the West. It is possible to visit also Holy Satirway just in front of the Basilica
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
It is the largest of Rome’s four papal basilicas, often described as the largest church in the world and the center of Catholicism
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore 42, 00185 Rome Italy
it is one of the four papal basilicas of Rome and the only basilica in Rome to have preserved the primitive early Christian structure, albeit enriched by subsequent additions
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Basilica Papale San Paolo Fuori le Mura, Piazzale di San Paolo 1, 00146 Rome Italy
it is one of the four papal basilicas of Rome, the second largest after that of San Pietro in Vaticano.
Duration: 30 minutes
