Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (in English, Holy Cross in Jerusalem) is a fascinating place where you can be present in the space of some pretty amazing history and legends. Turn your mind back to the time when the emperor Constantine legalized Christianity in 313 AD. His mother became enamored with the religion and traveled to Jerusalem to find the physical items related to Christianity. She returned with pieces of the true cross, thorns from the crown of thorns, and nails fr

The Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (San Paolo fuori le Mura) is the final resting place of St. Paul. The earliest structure over his burial site was created under Constantine in 324, and the church was rebuilt multiple times, including after a devastating fire in 1823. Decorations of Paul's life are throughout this, Rome's second largest church.