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Basilica di Santa Prassede

8th-century church named for Saint Práxedes who was martyred, along with her sister Saint Pudentiana, in the second century.

Rione: Monti

Nearby places

  1. Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (156 m)
  2. Fast and Furious (165 m)
  3. Fatamorgana (449 m)
  4. Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II (521 m)
  5. Viminal Palace (545 m)

The Basilica di Santa Prassede, including its extraordinary mosaics.

The crypt of the Basilica di Santa Prassede.

Detail from the mosaics of the Basilica di Santa Prassede. In the centre, Saints Peter and Paul are presenting the martyred sisters Prassede and Pudenziana to Jesus; to the left, Pope Paschal – who commissioned the basilica – offers the church building itself.

The pulpit of the Basilica di Santa Prassede.

The mosaics on the apse of the Basilica di Santa Prassede.

The Chapel of St John Gualbert in the Basilica di Santa Prassede.