During renovation work at the piazza last year, researchers came across complex architectural structures, including a wall.

who died in 1903 and was laid to rest in the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano. The last pope to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore was Clement IX, back in 1669. This is not the only time the ...

In the Basilica, he will rest alongside 7 other pontiffs, each with different stories. Honorius III (pontificate between 1216 and 1227) died in the palace of San Giovanni in Laterano. Nicholas IV ...

In preparation for the Jubilee Year 2025, several parts of Rome, including the Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano ... reception hall called the monumental basilica. During the Middle Ages, the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a hidden ancient palace under Rome that was likely home to the Popes between the ninth and ...