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Scala Santa
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Lorenzo
October 6, 2019
The Scala Santa is, according to tradition, the staircase Jesus climbed to reach the hall where he underwent the interrogation of Pontius Pilate before the crucifixion. The most famous and visited Holy Stairs, a pilgrimage destination for Catholics, is the one located in Rome, which is part of a complex called the "Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs" in the immediate vicinity of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano. Holy Stairs of Rome The legend, of medieval origin, states that it would be the same staircase climbed by Jesus, which was transported to Rome by Sant'Elena Imperatrice, mother of Constantine I, in 326. Properly, the building called Scala Santa is a building complex built at the end of the sixteenth century by Pope Sixtus V as the new patriarchate of the bishop of Rome, replacing the previous one, demolished for the new construction. Built by Domenico Fontana in 1589, the building includes: 1) the Scala Santa proper, a set of 28 white marble steps covered with a wooden protection, flanked by four other flights of stairs, two to its right and the same number to its left; 2) the chapel of San Lorenzo in Palatio, called Sancta Sanctorum, that is, the private chapel of the pope, bishop of Rome, until the beginning of the fourteenth century; it is in this chapel that the Lateran Acheropita, that is the altarpiece of the papal chapel, is kept; 3) the oratory of San Silvestro in Palatio, which is accessed from the first flight of stairs on the right; 4) the oratory of the Santissimo Sacramento al Laterano and the Triclinium Leoninum flank the building.
The Scala Santa is, according to tradition, the staircase Jesus climbed to reach the hall where he underwent the interrogation of Pontius Pilate before the crucifixion. The most famous and visited Holy Stairs, a pilgrimage destination for Catholics, is the one located in Rome, which is part of a co…
Nicolás
September 15, 2015
They say this stairs were walked by Jesus. The Romans stole it from where it was and brought it to Rome. If you want to walk them, you have to do it on your knees. You can see it from outside too!
Marco
July 29, 2022
interesting place of history.
Vincent & Annemie
April 16, 2022
Head for the Scala Sancta to get your wishes fulfilled. Any wish actually. Supposedly being the stairs Jesus Christ walked on in the palace of Pontius Pilatus, a medieval pope had it moved to Rome.
Lorena
April 29, 2016
it is one of the tree holy step in the world. if you go there you will receive the indulgence of your sins (if you have one ...:-)
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14 Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano
Roma, Lazio