Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. Peter of Alcantara

Anchor 1 ◀ Cloister Date: Early 1200s • This is the cloister area Date: 1100 • The basin, which is marble, may have been originally located in the first courtyard ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. John Eudes • St. John Eudes lived from 1601-1680

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Dominic Artist: Unknown Date: Unknown

Anchor 1 S. Giovanni in Laterano Donation of Constantine: 314 ca Original Basilica of the Savior: 324 Dedicated to John the Baptist: 911 Dedicated to John the Evangelist: 1145 Transept of Pope Clement VIII : 1605 ca Nave of Pope Innocent X: 1646-1649 Facade of Pope Clement XII: 1735 • The words "mother and head of all the churches in the city and the world" is on each of the bases as this is Rome's cathedral • The center statue is Jesus. To the left is St. John the Baptist and to the right St. John the Evangelist ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium • Paul Bril painted the landscape frescoes • Niccolò Circignani painted the frescoes of events from St. Cecilia's life

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave Date: 431-440 • The mosaics date mostly from Pope Sixtus III (432-440) • The mosaics on the right are Old Testament events of Moses and Joshua Artist: Giovanni Battista Ricci; Baldassarre Croce; others Date: 1593 • The 22 paintings are New Testament events mostly of Mary ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 Portico • There are three main doors separated by statues of St. Peter on the left and St. Paul on the right • Above the doors are frescoes of St. Paul's companions • On the right, is a statue of St. Luke who was a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys. Luke wrote the Gospel of Luke as well as Acts of the Apostles ▼

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ First Courtyard ▼

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ Confession ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium • ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Scala Santa •

Anchor 1 ◀ Right of the Lante della Rovere Chapel Artist: Roman school Date: 1622-1644 • This is the Funeral Monument of Ottaviano Ubaldini della Gherardesca • The putti which are supporting the garland are one of the earliest Roman works of Giuliano Finelli. Finelli was an assistant to Gian Lorenzo Bernini • The mosaic (1644 ca.) is by Giovan Battista Calandra probably taken from a design by Vouet ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Annunciation Chapel Artist: Attributed to Melozzo da Forli Date: Early 1500s • The painting is Annunciation

Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium • ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Baptistry Artist: Pietro Bracci Date: 1725 • The bust is Pope Benedict XIII • After Pope Benedict XIII (1724-1730) financed renovations to the roof, the canons of the church commissioned this in appreciation

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Dominic •

Anchor 1 ▼ Lancelotti Chapel Artist: Francesco da Volterra (design); Giovanni Antonio De Rossi (rebuilt) Date: 1585-1590; 1675 • The chapel was designed by da Volterra and rebuilt by De Rossi ▲ ▶ ◀