European Vacations to Pious Rome
Your European vacations will not only be enjoyable but meaningful as well if you spend some time in Rome and see its beautiful churches. Visit the five patriarchal basilicas in the city, each one ceremonially assigned to one of the patriarchs. San Giovanni in Laterano, for St. John Lateran, the Pope, is the popes first church. Designed in Baroque style, it is the cathedral of Rome. Exquisite 5th century biblical mosaics, marble floors, spectacular ceilings and a bell tower are things you will see when you visit the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, for St. Mary Major, the Patriarch of Antioch. San Pietro in Vaticano, for St. Peter’s Basilica, the Patriarch of Constantinople, is in the Vatican City. The church of the current pope, it is one of the largest and probably the most important Catholic church in the world. The vast interior features a lot of bronze, marble and gold paintings, including Michelangelo’s Pieta. …
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