Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, 5th-century minor basilica in Trastevere, Rome, Italy
The church contains a central nave with side aisles, separated by marble columns and crowned by an ornate baroque ceiling with gilded details.
Pope Paschal I rebuilt the church in 822 and transferred Saint Cecilia's remains from the Catacombs of Saint Calixtus to this location.
The white marble sculpture by Stefano Maderno depicts Saint Cecilia in the exact position her body was discovered during the 1599 exhumation.
The basilica opens daily from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM and from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM, with a small entrance fee supporting the Benedictine nuns.
Underground excavations reveal ancient Roman mosaics and the foundations of a Roman house believed to be Saint Cecilia's original residence.
Location: Rome
Inception: 5 century
Architects: Ferdinando Fuga
Architectural style: baroque architecture
Address: Piazza di Santa Cecilia
Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00-12:30, 16:30-18:00; Sunday,Holidays 11:30-12:30
Website: http://vicariatusurbis.org/?page_id=188&ID=860
GPS coordinates: 41.88756,12.47589
Latest update: May 27, 2025 07:13
Rome contains over 900 churches that demonstrate two thousand years of sacred architecture, from Roman antiquity to the Baroque period. These buildings reveal the evolution of construction techniques and artistic expressions over the centuries. St. Peter's Basilica covers 20,000 square meters and features a dome designed by Michelangelo. The Pantheon retains its Roman dome with a 43-meter (141 feet) diameter, the largest ever constructed in unreinforced concrete. Major basilicas such as Santa Maria Maggiore showcase Byzantine mosaics from the 5th century beneath a Renaissance ceiling with gilded coffers. Saint Clement's Basilica in the Lateran overlays three levels of construction from the 1st to the 12th centuries, illustrating Rome's urban stratification. Santa Maria in Trastevere, one of the city's oldest churches, presents medieval gilded mosaics, while Saint Peter's in Chains houses Michelangelo's Moses. These monuments help understand how Rome shaped European religious architecture for over fifteen centuries.
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