THE CITY OF ROME HAS THE HONOUR OF BEARING THE MOST SPLENDID
CHURCHES OF THE WORLD, MOST OF WHICH WERE BUILT DURING
THE PERIOD OF THE RENAISSANCE, WHEN THE POWER AND WEALTH
OF THE PAPACY KNEW NO BOUNDS.

SEVERAL CHURCHES WERE BUILT ON THE SITES OF PAGAN TEMPLES,
WHILE OTHERS OWE THEIR BEAUTY TO THE DECORATIONS THAT EXISTED
WITHIN THE WALLS OF THESE PLACES OF PAGAN WORSHIP.

PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE BEEN PAYING
THEIR RESPECTS TO THE TOMBS
OF ST. PETER, SAINT PAUL AND THE 300 CHURCHES IN THE CITY.

TOUCHING THE CORE OF CHRISTIANITY IS THE CHURCH OF
THE HOLY CROSS IN JERUSALEM, WHICH CONTAINS THREE FRAGMENTS
OF THE HOLY CROSS AND REMAINS OF THE TITULUS , A NAIL,
TWO THORNS FROM THE CROWN, AND A HANDFUL
OF SOIL FROM GOLGATHA, THE HILL OF CRUCIFIXION.

             
               Moses                                                                     Pietà