What you'll hear inside Basilica of Saint John Lateran:

• 1
  Cappella Corsini

  A centrally planned chapel crowned by a dome, housing the tombs of Pope Clement XII and other members of the Corsini cardinal family.

• 2
  Cappella Colonna del Santissimo Salvatore

  Also known as the Choir Chapel, designed by Girolamo Rainaldi, where several cardinals of the Colonna family are buried.

• 3
  Papal Altar and Gothic Ciborium

  The papal altar beneath the monumental Gothic ciborium by Giovanni di Stefano, which houses the reliquaries containing the heads of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

• 4
  Absidale Mosaic by Jacopo Torriti

  A spectacular 13th-century mosaic depicting the Virgin presenting Pope Nicholas IV alongside saints, created by master craftsmen Jacopo Torriti and Jacopo da Camerino.

• 5
  Lateran Cloister

  A masterpiece of 13th-century Cosmati art by the Vassalletto family, this is Rome's largest cloister, distinguished by its marble-inlaid columns.

• 6
  Lateran Baptistry

  An octagonal baptistry founded by Pope Sixtus III, which served as a model for baptistries throughout Italy and remained Rome's only baptistry for many generations.

• 7
  Confessional of Pius IX

  A confessional created in 1851 by Filippo Martinucci, adorned with polychrome marble and a gilded wrought-iron balustrade in the Neo-Gothic style.

• 8
  Statues of the Twelve Apostles

  Monumental sculptures of the twelve apostles created by various Baroque artists including Camillo Rusconi, Pierre Legros and Angelo De Rossi, positioned on the Borrominian pilasters.

• 9
  Organ of Luca Biagi

  A monumental sixteenth-century organ decorated by Giovan Battista Montano, featuring three triforia with metal pipes, some of which are twisted.

• 10
  Tabula Magna Lateranensis

  A 13th-century mosaic tablet bearing a Latin inscription that lists the relics once preserved within the basilica and the Sancta Sanctorum.