Vương cung Thánh Đường Thánh Gioan Latêranô

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The Basilica of St. John Laterano was one of the first to be built after the original encyclopedias. The cathedral was built by Emperor Constantine and consecrated by Pope Sylvester in 324. This cathedral continues to be the Cathedral of the bishop of Rome, the Holy Father. This cathedral is called ‘Mater Ecclesiae Romae Urbis et Orbis', mother of all the cathedrals in Rome and in the world. The cathedral is 130m long, has 5 spaces. The main pavilion is 87m long, 16m wide, with a statue of 12 white marble Apostles.

Entering the temple, on the right there is a great piano with two thousand tubes. After the bishop's court there was a baptismal well (according to legend, The Emperor Constantine himself was baptized here by Pope Silvestro). In addition to the church, on the left side, there is the tallest (47m) pen tower and the oldest in Rome in Egyptian Red Granite dating back to the 14th century before Christ. As the mother of the churches and the Cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, the Temple of St. John in Laterano reminds the faithful of “the gift of baptism” with all its meaning and invites the faithful to thank God with the very life worthy of being God's children in Jesus Christ. (x.BGCN 2008).