A basilica near the Colosseum that is really three buildings stacked through time — a 12th-century church glowing with golden mosaics, built atop a 4th-century basilica, which in turn sits over a 1st-century Roman house and a temple to the god Mithras. Descending through the layers is like walking down through Roman history, past frescoes, ancient walls, and the sound of an underground spring still running. For visitors, it's one of the city's most extraordinary sights — a single site where two thousand years are physically stacked beneath your feet, and far less crowded than the monuments above ground.
Location
Via Labicana 95
Colosseo, Rome
Colosseo, Rome
basilicamosaicsarchaeology