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n Locator Map (for more detail see Area Map)
The sight that draws most people to this rather scruffy part of Rome is the great basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. But it is also well worth searching out some of the smaller churches on the Esquiline: Santa Pudenziana and Santa Prassede with their celebrated mosaics, and San Pietro in Vincoli, home to one of Michelangelo’s most famous sculptures. To the south, in the Colle Oppio park, are the scattered remains of the Baths of Trajan.
A SHORT WALK Esquiline
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Distance 1 km (0.6 mile)
Nearest metro Vittorio Emmanuele
Time 20 minutes