"DIVERSE COUNTRIES, CULTURES, LANGUAGE, CUSTOMS BUT" Europe by unravelau

You wont have to think too hard to discover this fact.

Europe - every country within (as near as I can ascertain) is chock a block full of magnificent CHURCHES. Those that aren't so magnificent may be full of history anyway, and some are even buried under or beside others newer.

One church in Rome has the distinction of being the last of a series of buildings on one site that had its origins as just an ordinary Roman village house at least 2007 years ago. The one to which I am referring is of course the Basilica of S Clemente.

It is just a short walk down from the colloseum and it's 'front' door is inconspicuously positioned in a narrow via lined with trees. It has another door (not quite as imposing), in the cross street. The whole facade is modest, not at all preluding the vast history (and grounds) beyond.