San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
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A view of the Castel Sant’Angelo from the Lungo Tevere
Fortifications along a portion of the Aurelian Wall at the Porta Tiburtina.
Located along the via Tiburtina, which heads east out of Rome, the church of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura (“outside the walls”) is one of the oldest churches in Rome as is indicated, in part, by its location outside the city limits. It was dedicated to the martyr St Lawrence (10 August 258)and was a site of active pilgrimage through the Middle Ages. It is located next to the Campo Verano, one of the principle cemeteries in Rome.
31 March 2013