En Roma or more than 900 churches. The story is simple, we could spend a whole year seeing about two and a half churches a day. Something wonderful, since each one of them is an artistic-architectural treasure, but quite unlikely to do, unless you live there.
That is why to know at least some of them, we should ask ourselves which are the most representative.
In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, pilgrims who wanted to enjoy plenary indulgences they were to visit the seven pilgrimage churches that are associated with important saints and relics. It was four Patriarchal basilicas: San Pedro, St. John Lateran, Santa Maria Mayor y Saint Paul Outside the Walls, along with the three churches of the Via Appia: Saint Lawrence Outside the Walls, Holy cross of jerusalem y San Sebastián. Only by visiting these seven will you have a sample.
But to see the works of Miguel Angel, it is necessary to go to San Pietro in Vincoli, St. Peter's Basilica and the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.
Best of Bernini is in the churches of Santa Maria de la Victoria, in Largo Santa Susana, San Francesco to Ripa y Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, in Via delle Quattro Fontane, the St. Peter's Basilica, and the exterior of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.
To see Caravaggio, , visit Santa Maria del Popolo, Sant'Agostino, in Via della Scrofa, and Saint Luigi dei Francesi, in the square of the same name.
We have only named some of the most important, but do not forget to enter those that you find in your path. They all hide incredible legends.
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