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LATERAN

In the Middle Ages the Lateran Palace area remained sparsely inhabited. Ancient
was the residence of the popes, and the convents were located amid gardens and
Basilica of San Giovanni beside it rivaled vineyards until Rome became capital of Italy
St. Peter’s in splendor. After the return of the in 1870 and a network of residential streets
popes from Avignon at the end of the 14th was laid out here to house the influx of
century, the area declined in im portance. newcomers. Archaeological interest lies
Pilgrims still continued to visit San Giovanni chiefly in the Aurelian Wall and the ruins
and Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, but the of the Aqueduct of Nero.

Sights at a Glance
Churches Restaurants
1 San Giovanni in see pp310–11
Laterano pp182–3 1 Aroma
5 Santa Croce 2 Bibenda
in Gerusalemme 3 Charly’s Saucière
q Santi Quattro Coronati 4 I Clementini
w San Clemente pp188–9 5 Il Pentagrappolo
e Santo Stefano Rotondo 6 La Tavena dei Quaranta
Shrines See also Street Finder maps
2 Scala Santa and 6, 9, 10
Sancta Sanctorum
Arches and Gates
3 Porta Asinaria
7 Porta Maggiore
Ancient Sites
4 Amphiteatrum Castrense
8 Baker’s Tomb VIA GIOVANNI GIOLITTI
9 Aqueduct of Nero and the PIAZZA DI Stazione
PORTA
Freedmen’s Tombs VIA PORTA MAGGIORE MAGGIORE Porta Maggiore
Museums M A N Z O N I
6 Museum of Musical VIA LUIGILUZZATTI VIA STATILIA
Instruments VIA S. CROCE
SOMMEILLER V. ELENIANA
0 Museo Storico della V. CARLO EMANUELE I IN GERUSALEMME
Liberazione di Roma V I A L E S. QUINTINO S TAT I L I A VIA G. S. CROCE IN
PIAZZA
VIA VIA G. B. PIATTI V. F. MENABREA GERUSALEMME C A S T R E N S E
VIA LUDOVICO DI SAVOIA
V I A
BIANCAMANO
Manzoni
VIALE CARLO FELICE
U.
VIA
VIA T. TASSO
V I A L A B I C A N A VIA MERULANA V. D. FONTANA PIAZZA DI P.TA S. V I A L E
VIA EMANUELE FILIBERTO
VIA MATTEO BOIARDO
PIAZZA S. GIOVANNI
GIOVANNI IN
VIA DI S. GIOVANNI IN LATERANO LATERANO San
Giovanni
VIA DEI SS. QUATT R O CORONATI
D'AFRICA
CAPO V. CELIMONTANA V. D. QUERCETI
V. AURELIO
V IA D EL L ' AMB A A R A DA M
MARCO
V. ANNIA
VIA
PIAZZA V I A D I S . S T E FAN O R O T O N D O
CELIMON-
TANA VIA DI VILLA FONSECA VIA DEI LATERANI
V I A C L A U D I A
VIA DI S. ERASMO VIA D. FERRATELLA IN LATERANO
0 meters
VIA DELLA NAVICELLA
0 yards 300 300
The impressive interior of the Basilica of San Clemente For keys to symbols see back flap
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