{"id":2231,"date":"2023-11-18T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T09:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestofrome.fr\/grandes-basiliques-de-rome-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T12:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T11:30:16","slug":"the-four-major-basilicas-of-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestofrome.fr\/en\/the-four-major-basilicas-of-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"The four major basilicas of Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four churches of Rome are called major basilicas<\/strong> and are property of the Holy See, including Saint Peter’s basilica<\/strong>, located on the territory of the Vatican and church of the Pope. The other three are the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran<\/strong>, the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major<\/strong> and the Papal Basilica Saint Paul outside the walls<\/strong>.
They form with three minor basilicas (Basilica of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem, Saint Lawrence outside the Walls and Saint Sebastian Outside the Walls) the stages of the traditional tour of The Seven Pilgrim Churches of pilgrims going to Rome, practiced since the sixteenth century.<\/p>\nSaint Peter’s basilica<\/strong><\/a>, is the largest religious building in the Catholicism world. It was built on the supposed tomb of the apostle Peter, buried near the place where he was martyred. It is the highest building in the city with the 119 meters reached by the dome. It was rebuilt with a huge construction site during the 16th century, started in the Renaissance, with the help of the greatest architects and artists such as Bramante, Bernini and Michelangelo<\/p>\n\n\n