Postcard Italy: Facciata di S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome WB 1920\'s For Sale

Description: This card depicts the facade of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) in Rome, Italy. The grand Baroque facade, designed by Alessandro Galilei in the 18th century, is shown with its colonnaded portico and row of large statues of Christ, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, and the Doctors of the Church crowning the roofline. As the cathedral of Rome and the oldest public church in the Western world, this basilica is of significant historical and religious importance.

Publisher: IPA CT Foto, No. 3562; V. Uff. Rev. St. - Terni