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Archbasilica of St. John Lateran
Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano
The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome and the oldest public church in the Western world, founded in the 4th century and rebuilt repeatedly. The present appearance reflects major Baroque and 18th-century works, with a colossal classical façade by Alessandro Galilei and an interior reworked by Borromini, containing the papal high altar with a medieval ciborium, apostolic statuary and medieval mosaics in the apse.
Its prime
1735
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1735
What Archbasilica of St. John Lateran looked like in its prime.
A monumental, pale-stone (travertine) neo-classical screen façade of five bays, capped by a balustrade bearing large marble statues and a central figure with a cross. A broad low staircase leads to three main portals beneath a deep Serlian central bay and triangular pediment; a long entablature bears a Latin dedication. Behind the screen the basilica opens into a vast, five-aisled interior with alternating rows of columns and pilasters, Cosmatesque pavement, Baroque stucco work and a medieval gilded ciborium over the high altar.
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8 places to explore in 1735.
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