Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, commonly known as the Lateran Basilica or Saint John Lateran, is the Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Rome in the city of Rome, Italy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: cathedral in Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “Archbasilica of St John Lateran”, “Archbasilica of St. John Lateran”, “Saint John Lateran”, “St John Lateran”, and “St. John Lateran”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lateran Obelisk and Scala Sancta.
Lateran Obelisk
Obelisk
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The Lateran Obelisk is the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, and it is also the tallest obelisk in Italy. It originally weighed 413 tonnes, but after collapsing and being re-erected 4 metres shorter, now weighs around 300 tonnes. Lateran Obelisk is situated 140 metres northwest of Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran.
Scala Sancta
Church
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The Scala Sancta are a set of 28 white marble steps located in an edifice on extraterritorial property of the Holy See in Rome, Italy proximate to the Archbasilica of Saint John in Laterano. Scala Sancta is situated 180 metres northeast of Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran.
Lateran Baptistery
Church
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The Lateran Baptistery stands apart from the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, to which it has become joined by later construction. This baptistery was founded by Pope Sixtus III in 440, perhaps on an earlier structure, for a legend grew up that Constantine the Great had been baptized there and enriched the structure. Lateran Baptistery is situated 130 metres west of Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colosseo and Esquilino-San Giovanni.
Colosseo
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The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Esquilino-San Giovanni
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Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in Rome. Esquilino is named for the Esquiline hill on which it stands. It lies south of the Termini station and is centred more or less on the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele II.
San Lorenzo
Neighborhood
San Lorenzo is an urban zone in Rome, Italy. Administratively it was part of both Municipio II and Quarter VI Tiburtino. It occupies roughly the two sides of the early stretch of Via Tiburtina, starting from Termini railway station and ending at the Verano area.
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
- Categories: Catholic cathedral, major basilica, papal basilica, parish church, ecclesiastical district, patriarchal basilica, and religion
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Xhosa—“Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Aartsbasiliek van Sint Johannes Lateraan”
- Afrikaans: “Aartsbasiliek van Sint-Jan van Lateraan”
- Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس يوحنا اللاتراني”
- Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس يوحنا اللطراني”
- Arabic: “كنيسة اللطران”
- Armenian: “Լաթերանի բազիլիկ եկեղեցի”
- Armenian: “Լաթերանյան բազիլիկ եկեղեցի”
- Basque: “San Joan Laterangoa”
- Basque: “San Joan Laterangoaren Artxibasilika”
- Basque: “San Joan Laterangoaren basilika”
- Belarusian: “Латэранская базіліка”
- Belarusian: “Лятэранская базыліка”
- Belarusian: “Сабор Святога Яна Латэранскага”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Джавані-ін-Латэрана”
- Bulgarian: “Сан Джовани ин Латерано”
- Catalan: “Basílica de Sant Joan del Laterà”
- Catalan: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Catalan: “Sant Joan del Laterà”
- Chinese: “圣约翰大教堂”
- Chinese: “圣若望拉特朗大殿”
- Chinese: “拉特兰圣约翰大教堂”
- Chinese: “拉特朗圣殿”
- Chinese: “拉特朗圣若望大殿”
- Chinese: “拉特朗大教堂”
- Chinese: “拉特朗大殿”
- Chinese: “拉特朗聖若望大殿”
- Chinese: “拉特朗至圣救主、聖若翰洗者聖史若望总主教座堂”
- Chinese: “拉特朗至聖救主、聖若翰洗者、聖史若望總宗座聖殿”
- Chinese: “聖若望拉特朗大殿”
- Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Ivana Lateranskog”
- Croatian: “Lateranska bazilika”
- Croatian: “Rimska katedrala”
- Czech: “Bazilika sv. Jana v Lateránu”
- Czech: “Lateránská bazilika”
- Danish: “Lateranet”
- Danish: “Laterankirken”
- Danish: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Danish: “St. Johannes Lateran”
- Dutch: “Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Dutch: “basiliek van Sint-Jan van Lateranen”
- Dutch: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Dutch: “Sint Jan van Lateranen”
- Dutch: “Sint-Jan van Lateranen”
- Dutch: “Sint-Jan-van-Lateranen”
- Esperanto: “Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Esperanto: “Baziliko Sankta Johano de Laterano”
- Esperanto: “Laterana baziliko”
- Estonian: “Lateraani basiilika”
- Finnish: “Lateraanibasilika”
- Finnish: “Lateraanikirkko”
- Finnish: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Finnish: “San Giovannin ja Vanhan Pietarinkirkon varhaiset vaiheet”
- French: “basilique du Très-Saint-Sauveur et des saints Jean Baptiste et Jean l’Évangéliste, au Latran”
- French: “basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran”
- French: “Basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran”
- French: “cathédrale de Saint-Jean-de-Latran”
- French: “église de San-Janni”
- French: “Saint-Jean de Latran”
- Galician: “Arquibasílica de San Xoán de Letrán”
- Galician: “Basílica de San Xoán de Latrán”
- Galician: “Basílica de San Xoán de Letrán”
- Galician: “San Juan de Letrán”
- Galician: “San Xoán de Latrán”
- Georgian: “ლატერანის ბაზილიკა”
- German: “Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris ac Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ et Ioannis Evangelistæ ad Lateranum”
- German: “Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano”
- German: “Lateranbasilika”
- German: “Sankt Johannes im Lateran”
- Greek: “Άγιος Ιωάννης του Λατερανού”
- Hebrew: “בזיליקת יוחנן הקדוש בלטראנו”
- Hebrew: “הארכיבזיליקה האפיפיורית של יוחנן הקדוש בלטראנו (”
- Hungarian: “Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Hungarian: “lateráni bazilika”
- Hungarian: “Lateráni bazilika”
- Hungarian: “Lateráni Keresztelő Szent János-főszékesegyház”
- Iban: “Basilika Besai Sante John Lateran”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Agung Santo Yohanes Lateran”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Lateran”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Santo Yohanes Lateran”
- Italian: “arcibasilica del Santissimo Salvatore e Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano”
- Italian: “arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Italian: “arcibasilica lateranense”
- Italian: “Arcibasilica Papale del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano”
- Italian: “basilica del Laterano”
- Italian: “basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Italian: “Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Italian: “basilica lateranense”
- Italian: “cattedrale di Roma”
- Italian: “Cattedrale di Roma”
- Italian: “duomo di Roma”
- Italian: “S. Ianni Laterano”
- Italian: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Japanese: “サン・ジョヴァンニ・イン・ラテラーノ大聖堂”
- Japanese: “サン・ジョヴァンニ・イン・ラテラノ大聖堂”
- Japanese: “サン・ジョヴァンニ・イン・ラテラノ聖堂”
- Japanese: “サン・ジョバンニ・イン・ラテラノ大聖堂”
- Japanese: “ラテラノ大聖堂”
- Japanese: “ラテラン大聖堂”
- Japanese: “ラテラン教会”
- Kinyarwanda: “Bazilika y’i Laterano”
- Korean: “라테라노 대성당”
- Korean: “라테라노 대성전”
- Korean: “라테라노의 성 요한 대성당”
- Korean: “라테라노의 성 요한 대성전”
- Korean: “라테란 대성당”
- Korean: “라테란 대성전”
- Korean: “산 조반니 인 라테라노 대성당”
- Korean: “산조반니 인 라테라노 대성전”
- Korean: “성 요한 라테라노 대성전”
- Latin: “Archibasilica Sancti Ioannis in Laterano”
- Latin: “Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris ac Sancti Ioannis Baptistae et Ioannis Evangelistae ad Lateranum”
- Latin: “Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris et Sanctorum Ioannis Baptistae et Ioannis Evangelistae in Laterano”
- Latin: “Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris”
- Latin: “Basilica Lateranensis”
- Latin: “Basilica Sancti Ioannis in Laterano”
- Lithuanian: “Laterano bazilika”
- Lithuanian: “Laterano Šv. Jono bazilika”
- Lithuanian: “Šventojo Jono bazilika Laterane”
- Lombard: “Basilega de San Gioann in Lateran”
- Low German: “Basiliek van Heilige Ioannes van Lateranen”
- Low German: “Basiliek van Sint-Jan van Lateranen”
- Luxembourgish: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Macedonian: “Базилика Свети Јован Латерански”
- Malay: “Basilika Agung Santo Yohanes Lateran”
- Mongolian: “Латераны Гэгээн Иоханы цогчин дуган”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Erkebasilika”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lateranbasilikaen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lateranet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Laterankirken”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Norwegian: “Laterankirken”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Basilica Sant Joan de Latran”
- Persian: “بازیلیکای سنت جان لاتران”
- Persian: “باسیلیکای سنت جان لاتران”
- Polish: “Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Polish: “bazylika laterańska”
- Polish: “bazylika św. Jana na Lateranie”
- Polish: “Bazylika św. Jana na Lateranie”
- Polish: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Portuguese: “Arquibasílica de São João de Latrão”
- Portuguese: “Arquibasílica de São João Latrão”
- Portuguese: “Basílica de Latrão”
- Portuguese: “Basílica de San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Portuguese: “Basílica de São João de Latrão”
- Portuguese: “Basílica de São João em Latrão”
- Portuguese: “Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Portuguese: “São João de Latrão”
- Portuguese: “São João em Latrão”
- Romanian: “Bazilica Sfântul Ioan din Lateran”
- Russian: “Базилика Св. Иоанна Латеранского”
- Russian: “Латеранская базилика”
- Russian: “Сан Джованни ин Латерано”
- Russian: “Сан-Джованни ин Латерано”
- Russian: “Сан-Джованни-ин-Латерано”
- Russian: “Собор Святого Иоанна Крестителя на Латеранском холме”
- Russian: “Собор Святого Иоанна Латеранского”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Àrd-bhàislig Naomh Eòin Lateran”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Ivana Lateranskog”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Ivana na Lateranu”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bazilika Svetog Ivana na Lateranu”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lateranska bazilika”
- Slovak: “Bazilika svätého Jána v Lateráne”
- Slovak: “Lateránska bazilika”
- Slovenian: “Bazilika sv. Janeza v Lateranu, Rim”
- Slovenian: “bazilika svetega Janeza Lateranskega”
- Slovenian: “bazilika svetega Janeza v Lateranu”
- Slovenian: “lateranska bazilika”
- Spanish: “Archibasilica de san juan de letran”
- Spanish: “Archibasilica de San Juan de Letrán”
- Spanish: “Archibasílica de San Juan de Letran”
- Spanish: “Archibasílica de San Juan de Letrán”
- Spanish: “Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris”
- Spanish: “Basilica de Letran”
- Spanish: “Basílica de Letrán”
- Spanish: “Basilica de San Juan de Letran”
- Spanish: “Basilica de San Juan de Letrán”
- Spanish: “Basílica de San Juan de Letran”
- Spanish: “Basílica de San Juan de Letrán”
- Spanish: “Basilica Laterana”
- Spanish: “Basílica Laterana”
- Spanish: “Catedral Archibasílica Papal del Santísimo Salvador del Mundo, y de los Santos Juan Bautista y Juan Evangelista en Letrán”
- Spanish: “Catedral de Roma”
- Spanish: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Spanish: “San Juan de Letran”
- Spanish: “San Juan de Letrán”
- Swahili: “Kanisa kuu la Roma”
- Swedish: “Ärkebasilikan”
- Swedish: “Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Swedish: “Lateranbasilikan”
- Swedish: “Laterankyrkan”
- Swedish: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Tagalog: “Arkibasilika ni San Juan de Letran”
- Tagalog: “Basilika ni San Juan de Letran”
- Tagalog: “Basilika ni San Juan sa Laterano”
- Tagalog: “Basilika ni San Juan sa Letran”
- Tamil: “புனித இலாத்தரன் யோவான் முதன்மைப் பெருங்கோவில்”
- Tamil: “புனித இலாத்தரன் யோவான் முதன்மைப் பேராலயம்”
- Thai: “Basilica of St. John Lateran”
- Thai: “Basilica of St. John”
- Thai: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Thai: “บาซิลิกาเซ็นต์จอห์นแลเตอร์รัน”
- Thai: “มหาวิหารเซนต์จอห์นแลเตอร์รัน”
- Thai: “มหาวิหารเซ็นต์จอห์นแลเตอร์รัน”
- Thai: “มหาวิหารนักบุญยอห์น ลาเตรัน”
- Thai: “อัครมหาวิหารนักบุญยอห์น ลาเตรัน”
- Turkish: “basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Turkish: “Laterano’daki Aziz Yuhanna Bazilikası”
- Turkish: “San Giovanni in Laterano Bazilikası”
- Ukrainian: “Базиліка в Латерано”
- Ukrainian: “Латеранська базиліка”
- Ukrainian: “Собор Святого Іоанна Латеранського”
- Urdu: “سینٹ جان لیتران کا آرچ باسیلیکا”
- Vietnamese: “Tổng lãnh vương cung thánh đường Thánh Gioan Latêranô”
- Vietnamese: “Vương cung thánh đường Thánh Gioan Latêranô”
- Waray (Philippines): “Archibasílika ni San Juan de Letrán”
- Welsh: “Eglwys Gadeiriol Sant Ioan Lateran”
- Western Frisian: “San Giovanni in Laterano”
- Xhosa: “I-Basilica yaseSan Giovanni eLaterano”
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