Rome - St Lawrence outside the Walls

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St Lawrence outside the Walls Description

(Local Name: San Lorenzo fuori le Mura) This early Christian basilica, one of the seven pilgrimage churches of Rome, is dedicated to St Lawrence, who was martyred in A.D. 238 by being roasted on a gridiron. (The other pilgrimage churches are San Giovanni in Laterano, San Pietro in Vaticano, San Paolo fuori le Mura, Santa Maria Maggiore, San Sebastiano and Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.) The church was founded by Constantine the Great and thereafter frequently rebuilt and restored - most recently after suffering damage in an Allied air raid on Rome in July 1943. San Lorenzo, situated beside the Campo Verano, Rome's largest cemetery, has preserved through all rebuildings (particularly in the 13th century) the

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Hobbies & Activities category: Christian sites; Tombs, burial site

Address

St Lawrence outside the Walls
Piazza San Lorenzo
I-00186 Rome
Italy

Transit

Bus: 11, 71, 109, 111, 309, 311, 411, 415, 492; Tram: 19, 19b, 30, 30b.

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