Here you will find helpful tips to better plan your vacation in advance and avoid missing out on tickets. Suggestions on how to reach a certain tourist location which helps you plan your daily activity.
You can buy your ticket to access the Pantheon online, visiting the web-platform www.museiitaliani.it and following this procedure:
Omnium urbis et orbis Ecclesiarum Mater et Caput. The Mother of all the churches in Rome and the world. This is how the Papal Archbasilica of San Giovanni in Laterano is known, the Cathedral church of Rome, and the official ecclesiastical headquarters of the Pope.
With the Edict of Milan and the start of recognition of Christian religion, Constantine decreed the end of the bloody persecutions by promulgating the freedom of Christians. The Emperor gives Pope Melchiades the land on Monte Celio, previously owned by the patrician Lateran family, to build a domus ecclesia, The Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano.
Opening hours:
The Basilica:
Monday to Sunday
from 07:00 am until 18:30
The Cloister (Il Chiostro):
Monday to Sunday
from 09:00 am until 18:00
The Basilica museum:
Monday to Sunday
from 10:00 am until 17:30
Lateran Baptistery (The Battistero):
Monday to Sunday
from 07:00 am until 12:30
from 16:00 am until 19:00
The Sacrestia:
Monday to Sundaya
from 08:00 am until 12:00
from 16:00 am until 18:00
Schedule for the Sacred Mass may vary from time to time, please consult their official website for the updated schedule.
Entrance is free.
There is no pilgrim that doesn’t visit the Holy Scala Santa where the precious “ Cappella dei Papi “ “ Chapel of Pope “ is located. Also known as the Holy Sancta Sanctorum, where the image of the Most Holy Savior is venerated.
According to the traditional christian legend, in 326, Empress S. Elena requested the transportation of the stair, climbed several times by Jesus on his Judgment day, to Rome from Pretorio di Pilato in Jerusalem. That is why it is called Scala Pilati or Scala Sancta.
This Scala Sancta got its name from the 28 steps that need to be climbed on knee to honor the Passion of the Christ. And that leads to the “ Cappella dei Papi “.
Entrance is for free and doesn’t need reservation. To avail the audio guide service in the following language:
Please ask the designated official staff.