Rome - Santa Pudenziana

Must-see attractions nearby: Colosseum Pantheon Trevi Fountain Vatican City Roman Forum Palatine Hill National Museum / Baths Museum

The church, now lying below the present street level, is entered from Via Urbana. Externally its most notable features are the campanile and the remains of a Romanesque doorway. The finest thing in the interior is the mosaic in the apse (end of fourth century), now rather cramped by later building. It shows Christ surrounded by Apostles and women against a lively background based on ancient models, with a skillful use of perspective. Above the central group are the buildings of a city, a cross and the (partly obliterated) symbols of the four Evangelists, the man, the lion, the bull and the eagle.