- The Scala Sancta, across from San Giovanni in Laterano, caught my eye in La Grande Bellezza – a stunning visual homage to Rome.
- The Scala Sancta is a major stop on the Pilgrims Trail and if you visit this site near the Basilica of Saint John in Lateran you could receive you indulgence.
- Both the marble and the wood coverings required conservation, as did the frescoes on the side walls, so the Scala Sancta has been closed since work began.
- Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs). In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13505a.htm.
- Once this chapel, first mentioned in the eighth century and called the Sancta Sanctorum or Holy of Holies, was the private oratory of medieval popes.
- It is believed that Jesus climbed these stairs several times the day he was sentenced to death, thus, they are known as the “Scala Pilati” or “Scala Sancta”...
- Scala Sancta: stairs believed to be “holy stairs” leading to the holy city of Jerusalem • Villa Doria Pamphilj: The largest landscaped park in Rome. •
- What is the Scala Sancta? Also called the Holy Stairs or the Holy Staircase, it’s one of Rome’s most famous Catholic relics.
- Catholics climb the marble stairs of Scala Sancta at the Vatican
- ROMA - Scala Santa e il Sancta Sanctorum
- Scala Santa. Scala Sancta. Holy Steps. Rome.
- Next to the Scala Sancta is the Basilica San Giovanni Laterano which compares favorably with St. Peter's Basilica.