It is an itinerary that combines devotion, archaeology and ecclesiastical power.
The visit begins at the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, a place indissolubly linked to Saint Helena. The Chapel of Relics preserves fragments of the True Cross, a nail of the Crucifixion and the Titulus Crucis, offering an experience in which the memory of the Holy Land intersects with fourth-century imperial history.
From the quiet of Santa Croce we move toward the complex of St John Lateran, the mother of all churches. Here we explore the Lateran Baptistery, the monumental façade, the apse mosaic and the historical role of the Lateran as the centre of civil and religious power in the Middle Ages before the papal move to the Vatican.
This route allows us to read Rome as a city of relics, authority and liturgical continuity, showing how sacred space was also a space of government and representation.













