Via San Giovanni in Laterano 95
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Built prior to 365 A.D. this church is one of the most interesting in Rome.
Originally constructed over Roman buildings, it now consists of two churches, a lower and a upper.
The latter was built over the earlier construction –where pagan and Christian structures overlap – during the 12th century after a Norman invasion had destroyed the original one.
Medieval frescoes from the 8th to the 12th centuries and a well-preserved Mithraeum lies below the actual church decorated with a 12th century mosaic of the Triumph of the Cross.
Originally constructed over Roman buildings, it now consists of two churches, a lower and a upper.
The latter was built over the earlier construction –where pagan and Christian structures overlap – during the 12th century after a Norman invasion had destroyed the original one.
Medieval frescoes from the 8th to the 12th centuries and a well-preserved Mithraeum lies below the actual church decorated with a 12th century mosaic of the Triumph of the Cross.
