San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
The Basilica of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini is a minor basilica and a titular church in the Ponte rione of Rome, Italy. Dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the protector of Florence, the new church for the Florentine community in Rome was started in the 16th century and completed in the early 18th, and is the national church of Florence in Rome.Photo: Jensens, Public domain.
Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
September—June: Monday—Saturday 8:30 AM—noon and 5:00 PM—7:00 PM; Sunday 8:30 AM—1:00 PM and 5:30 PM—8:00 PM
July—August: Monday—Saturday 8:30 AM—11:30 AM and 5:30 PM—7:00 PM; Sunday 8:30 AM—1:00 PM and 5:30 PM—7:00 PM - Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Rome
- Also known as: “Baailica di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”, “Basilica of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini”, and “Basilica of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castel Sant’Angelo and Ponte Sant’Angelo.
Castel Sant’Angelo
Photo: TeKappa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castel Sant'Angelo, also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a towering rotunda in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. Castel Sant’Angelo is situated 420 metres north of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini.
Ponte Sant’Angelo
Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ponte Sant'Angelo, originally the Aelian Bridge or Pons Aelius, is a Roman bridge in Rome, Italy, completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian, to span the Tiber from the city centre to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant'Angelo. Ponte Sant’Angelo is situated 300 metres northeast of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini.
Saint Peter’s Basilica
Church
Photo: Rabax63, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy. Saint Peter’s Basilica is situated 1 km west of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Rome and Vatican.
Old Rome
Vatican
Photo: Michelangelo, Public domain.
Vatican City is the world's smallest country both by area and by population, and is the centre of Catholicism. This tiny country completely within Rome is packed with more history and artwork than most cities in the world, and indeed many countries.
Capitoline Hill
Locality
Photo: Tetraktys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
- Categories: parish church, minor basilica, national Church, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.89946° or 41° 53′ 58″ northLongitude
12.46477° or 12° 27′ 53″ eastOpen location code
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way 127942183OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q1629700
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“San Giovanni dei Fiorentini” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Basque: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Джавані-дэі-Фіярэнціні”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Джаваньні-дэі-Фіярэнціні”
- Bulgarian: “Сан Джовани деи Фиорентини”
- Bulgarian: “Сан Джовани дей Фиорентини”
- Catalan: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Chinese: “佛罗伦萨的圣若望圣殿”
- Chinese: “佛羅倫斯的聖若望聖殿”
- Chinese: “佛羅倫薩的聖若望聖殿”
- Czech: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Dutch: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بازيليك سان جيوفانى دى فيورنتينى”
- French: “église San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini”
- French: “Église San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini”
- Georgian: “სან-ჯოვანი-დეი-ფიორენტინი”
- German: “San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini”
- German: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Greek: “Βασιλική Αγίου Ιωάννη των Φλωρεντινών”
- Greek: “Σαν Τζοβάννι ντεϊ Φιορεντίνι”
- Hebrew: “סן ג’ובאני דיי פיורנטיני”
- Indonesian: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Italian: “basilica di San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini”
- Italian: “Basilica di San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini”
- Italian: “basilica di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Italian: “basilica di San Giovanni Evangelista dei Fiorentini”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Giovanni dei fiorentini”
- Italian: “San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini”
- Italian: “San Giovanni de‘ Fiorentini”
- Italian: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Japanese: “サン・ジョヴァンニ・ディ・フィオレンティーニ教会”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Norwegian: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Persian: “سنت جان دی فلورنتینی”
- Polish: “Bazylika św. Jana Chrzciciela Florentyńczyków w Rzymie”
- Portuguese: “Basílica de São João dos Florentinos”
- Russian: “Сан-Джованни-деи-Фиорентини”
- Russian: “Сан-Джованни-деи-Фьорентини”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Juan de los Florentinos”
- Swedish: “San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini”
- Swedish: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Tagalog: “San Giovanni dei Fiorentini”
- Turkish: “basilica di San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini”
- Turkish: “San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini Bazilikası”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Джованні-дей-Фіорентіні”
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