What is this place? ⤵️

We are in the heart of Trastevere and this is what you’ll find underground the basilica of San Crisogono

As you enter, you’ll walk through the “modern” version of this church, which was built in the 1100s (and then renovated in the following centuries)

You can instantly recognize the features of a medieval church: the Cosmati floor, the wooden ceiling, the columns on the sides which are different from each other..

As always when in Rome, never stop to the surface level! Because if you walk to the lateral nave you’ll find a small door saying “sagrestia”

You walk in and with a €3 offer to the deacon you’ll get access to the the underground world of Trastevere..

What you’ll find downstairs is the original version of the San Crisogono church built in the 5th century! 🤯

Why was a new version of the church built on top of it? 🤔

Because the previous basilica suffered the flooding of the Tiber river (not too far from here). So around the 1100s it was decided to build a new and elevated church on top of it. Which is the one that we see today on our modern street level 😊

Have you ever been to San Crisogono?

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