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Saturday, March 26, 2011
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Catedral de San Giovanni in Laterano - Rome
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es la catedral de Roma, la de más alto rango de las cuatro basílicas mayores de la ciudad y la sede eclesiástica oficial del Papa. This
El nombre completo en Latín es (coged aire): Archibasilique Sanctissimi Salvatoris et Sancti Iohannes Baptista y Evangelista en mater omnium urbis et orbis Laterano Ecclesiarum et caput
La traducción en castellano: Archibasílica del Santísimo Salvador de San Juan el Bautista y el Evangelista de la Madre de Letrán y la Cabeza de Todas las Iglesias de la Ciudad y el Mundo , pero normalmente se le llama Archibasílica de San Juan de Letrán.
Está located on the Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano, where stands the tallest obelisk in Rome, 31 meters high, and where is the secondary façade, the most used because of its orientation towards the Colosseum and the Basilica of Santa Maria la Mayor.
was built in the fourth century, and from then until 1400 was the seat of the Pope, as this year the papal seat was moved to the town of Avignon in southern France.
On his return to the city of Rome, the seat of the Pope settled permanently in the Cathedral of St. Peter in the Vatican City.
If entered by the door of the Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano, we find the first chapels, such as the crucifix, and fresh, high quality size and no less.
If we keep to the center of the basilica, we find the altar and the gothic canopy above it, where are the relics of the heads of San Pedro and San Pablo.
Looking to the roof we can see the impressive gilded coffered ceiling of the nave, and looking back to the bottom of it, we can see the statues of the 12 apostles in niches built columns.
Behind the high altar, is the mosaic that decorates the apse, a reconstruction of the original medieval mosaic done in the nineteenth century.
In this mosaic, Christ is depicted at the top surrounded by the Virgin Mary and several of the Apostles, and just below is a jeweled cross symbolizes the death and resurrection of Christ surrounded by water from peak a dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit.
Under the dome of the apse is also the chair, the throne of the Pope, made of marble and surrounded by mosaics, where the Pope often celebrate the Mass of Corpus Christi and Supper on Holy Thursday.
Leaving the door on the roof of the facade are 15 statues of 7 meters representing Jesus Christ in the center surrounded by San Juan Bautista and San Juan Evangelista.
The rest of statues representing various saints and Doctors of the Latin and Greek Churches.
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