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leaves. San mosaics by Filippo Rusuti. Inside,
Clemente also has the 5th-century mosaics in the
a fine 12th-century nave depict Old Testament
Cosmatesque stories, while the triumphal
mosaic floor. arch has scenes relating to the
birth of Christ, including one of
The Colle Oppio the Magi wearing striped
Passing the old stockings. In the apse there is a
entrance to the Coronation of the Virgin by
church, cross Jacopo Torriti (1295).
Via Labicana and On leaving Santa Maria, pass
V. CAVOUR walk up the hill the obelisk t in the piazza
VIA A.
behind the church
to the small Colle
DEPRETIS
y Oppio park 9. and go downhill
This has fine views
to Via Urbana and
t
of the Colosseum Santa Pudenziana
r
VIA S. MARIA MAGGIORE V. LIBERIANA P.ZA DI 3 Interior of Baptistery of San Giovanni and contains the y (see p173). The
ruins of the Domus
figures in
S. MARIA
MAGGIORE
the apse
Aurea 0 (see p177)
VIA URBANA V I A C A V O U R VIA DI S. e 13th century. From here, of Trajan q. and the Baths mosaic, one
of the oldest
MARTINO AI MONTI
Across the park
in Rome (AD
head up the steep hill, past
VIA G. LANZA P. SAN the forbidding lie San Martino ai Monti w 390), are
remarkable for
apse of Santi Quattro
(see p172), which has a 6th-
AI MONTI
Cavour V I A I N S E L C I MARTINO Coronati 7 (see p187), to century mosaic portrait of their naturalism.
w V I A M E R U L A N A
the fascinating church Pope St. Sylvester near the The two women
of San Clemente 8 crypt, and Santa Prassede e with crowns are
(see pp188–9). Its (see p173). Here the Chapel traditionally
VIA MECENATE mosaic shows the important Byzantine mosaics as Santa e Mosaic saint
q DI TRAIAN O 12th-century apse of St. Zeno contains the most identified
V I A L E D E L M O N T E O P PIO
V IA D . TERME
cross set in a
in Rome, reminiscent of the
Prassede
PARCO DEL VIA A. POLIZIANO swirling pattern fabulous mosaics of Ravenna. and Santa in Santa Prassede
of acanthus
Pudenziana.
Pope Paschal I erected the
COLLE V. C. BOTTA
Colosseo COPPIO 0 9 When you leave the church, you
can either retrace your steps to
VIALE DOMUS AUREA Santa Maria Maggiore or walk
PIAZZA DEL V. RUGGERO BONGHI down Via Urbana to Via Cavour
COLOSSEO
VIA P. VILLARI Metro station.
8 V. DEI QUERCETI
V I A L A B I C A N A
VIA CELIMONTANA 7 V I A M E R U L A N A Tips for Walkers
VIA CAPO D'AFRICA
Starting point: Piazza di Porta
VIA MARCO AURELIO
Length: 3.5 km (2 miles).
VIA ANNIA
of Santa Pudenziana
V I A DE I SS. Q UAT T R O C O R O N AT I
PIAZZA y 11th-century frieze above the doorway San Giovanni.
VIA DI S. GIOVANN I I N L AT ERAN O
CELIMON- PIAZZA DI Getting there: The nearest Metro
VIA D I S. STE FAN O ROTONDO 3 2 PIAZZA DI in Piazzale Appio, just outside
TANA S. GIOVANNI 1 station is San Giovanni, on line A,
IN LATERANO
PORTA
V I A C L A U D I A
Porta San Giovanni. The 16, 81, 85,
S. GIOVANNI
3 streetcar stop in front of San
6 V. DI VILLA FONSECA Giovanni 87, 218, and 650 buses and the
San
Giovanni in Laterano, while 117
5 4 V I A D E L L ' A M B A A R A D A M stops around the corner on
Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano.
V. DI S. ERASMO mausoleum for his Best time for walk: Go in the
chapel as a
morning to appreciate the
mosaics in the best light.
VIA DEI LATERANI
mother Theodora. Stopping-off points: The bars
V. D. NAVICELLA
The apse and triumphal arch of and restaurants in Piazza del
the church itself also have fine Colosseo are popular with
Key
mosaics. When you move on to tourists. In the Parco del Colle
Walk route Santa Maria Maggiore r (see Oppio there is a café kiosk with
City Wall pp174-5), go to the column tables. There are several bars
in the center of the piazza in around Santa Maria Maggiore,
0 meters 250 some with outdoor tables.
front of the church to see the
0 yards 250 beautiful 14th-century facade
For keys to symbols see back flap
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