Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano
Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano is a church in Municipio Roma I, Rome, Lazio. Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano is situated nearby to the church Scala Sancta, as well as near the theater building Teatro Basilica.Photo: Croberto68, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: building in Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “Oratorio dell’Arciconfraternita del Santissimo Sacramento” and “Oratorio di San Lorenzo alla Scala Santa”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scala Sancta and Lateran Obelisk.
Scala Sancta
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Lateran Obelisk
Obelisk
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 180 metres west of Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano.
Porta San Giovanni
City gate
Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porta San Giovanni is a gate in the Aurelian Wall of Rome, Italy, named after the nearby Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Porta San Giovanni is situated 230 metres southeast of Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colosseo and Esquilino-San Giovanni.
Colosseo
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano
- Categories: oratory, building, chapel, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.88701° or 41° 53′ 13″ northLongitude
12.50701° or 12° 30′ 25″ eastOpen location code
8FHJVGP4+RROpenStreetMap ID
way 200347640OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=chapelOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q3884475
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano” goes by many names.
- French: “oratoire du Saint-Sacrement au Latran”
- French: “Oratoire du Saint-Sacrement au Latran”
- Italian: “oratorio del Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano”
- Italian: “Oratorio del Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano”
- Portuguese: “Oratorio del Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano”
- Swedish: “Oratorio del Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Teatro Basilica and Convento dei Passionisti di San Lorenzo in Palatio.
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