Basilica di San Clemente

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Tags : Church & Cathedral

Timings : Monday - Saturday: 10:00 PM - 12:30 PM, 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Sundays and public holidays: 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Entry Fee : Adults: EUR 10

Students: EUR 5

Non-adults: Free

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Basilica di San Clemente, Rome Overview

The Basilica di San Clemente is a minor basilica located in the Piazza di San Clemente in Rome. This monument takes you through various stages of Roman history. The basilica features many beautiful frescoes and a mosaic depicting the Triumph of the Cross.

The Medieval period basilica is built on top of a fourth-century church and includes the house of a Roman aristocrat—together, forming three layers. The Medieval period basilica is built on top of a fourth-century church and includes the house of a Roman aristocrat—together, forming three layers. The Old Sacristy of the basilica includes the entrance to the church underneath. Further down, you will find a first-century Roman aristocrat’s house and a dark second-century temple to the God Mithras.

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Through the basilica's history

The amount of history confined in this multilayered building is astonishing. Many Roman houses have been found beneath the church, purportedly destroyed by fires during Emperor Nero’s reign. The mansion, or ‘Domus’, of Titus Flavius Clemens, also lies here. He was a Roman senator who practised Christianity, which was forbidden then. Later, in the second century, a temple of Mithras was built depicting the god slaying a bull. Later in the 4th-5th century, a church was constructed on top of the mansion. It was built in honour of Clement, the third successor of Peter as the pope. He was sentenced to death for preaching Christianity. In 1084, This church was majorly decimated by Viking raids. Pope Paschal then built the topmost basilica in the 12th century.

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