For our visit to Sant'Eusebio, we will return to the Esquiline Hill, home of the Monti district and the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. With its rounded arches on the front, the grand staircase, and the second story windows it appears more like a late Renaissance palace or, more specifically, a Tuscan country villa. Instead, it is one of the oldest churches in Rome, dating to the late 300s. The staircase in front is a result of the excavations and lowering of the surroun

Santa Maria Maggiore holds sway on the Esquiline Hill, a grand building set apart by its piazza and hill. Legend says Pope Liberius received a vision in 358 to build a church where snow falls, and a miracle snow did take place, leading to this church dedicated to Mary. Inside the church is the manger of Christ. The piazza also has a large taxi St. Lawrence (Lorenzo, in Italian), was a deacon of the church who was killed on August 10, 258 in the Roman persecutions under the