Regardless of whether Religion is your thing or not, one can’t but be astonished by hundred of churches in Rome. They are everywhere you look and often there are two or three in the same square. These huge houses of worship reveal how important religion was during the Renaissance, when most of them were built.
These imposing edifices tell us much about a bygone time, each one dripping with its own history and a small part of Rome’s 2,000 year bond with the Catholic church. They say there are nearly 600 dotted around the city. The most famous ones are St. Peter’s, St. Paul’s outside the walls, St. Mary of martyrs and St. John’s.
St. Peter’s took over 120 years to build. Think about that, 120 years. The Pope who commissioned that was Julius II and he only lived to the foundations laid down. It would be another 116 year before they finally finished it. My favorite one is St. Paul’s for the fact that is tranquil and not heaving with picture hungry tourists. If you get a chance nip out there for an hour, you will not regret it.
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