Largest Ancient Roman Baths Ever Built Now Turned Into a Church

A 4k guided tour around the Baths of Diocletian, the largest Roman bathing complex ever constructed, turned into a Catholic Basilica by the legendary Michelangelo.

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[samuelbarker]

Was just in Rome and my hotel was around the corner stumbled on this by chance….absolutely beautiful!

[jamesaugustine]

Excellent and informative. I’ve never heard of this before. The structure of the baths survived 1700 years despite several barbarian invasions. Penn Station in NYC—-a masterpiece of architecture modeled on ancient Roman baths—-didn’t survive American barbarians after only 56 years.

[lesliea]

Extraordinary. Great to have the drawings to illustrate which parts of the buildings survive. Ancient Rome is still alive.

[oscarpaya]

I really appreciate this little documentary. Well done, the size of the place is majestic. Also, is hard to make people feel the real scale of the building.

[hmao]

Absolutely brilliant presentation. More please.

[TWOCOWS]

This is the BEST educational vid on ths building found on YouTube. Thank you so muvh for making and posting this educasainasl video. I am a member now!

[tavuzzipust]

S. Maria degli Angeli was meant to serve as the church of the Roman Charterhouse whose vast renaissance cloister still exists behind it.

[dmd]

Wow. Great video!! Thank you for posting! Popped up in my feed, and i HAD to watch!. Great comparison between what was and now is. And loved the filming while walking around. Truly gives the viewer an idea of the immense size of what once was. Nice work!. Thanks!. ❣️ from Michigan.

[johndorilag]

I would love to visit these Catholic Churches in Rome

[yrac]

Just a random thought, how nice it would be if some of the Roman cathedrals and basilicas are converted into baths.

[Buckshot]

But did they purify the Baths completely? Or are there still naked pagan spirits gliding thru ethereal waters?

[johnryman-fc]

This is why Eisenhower forbid any bombing of Rome

[mango]

I think some of the columns and ceiling is original and walls.

[robertozeladarodriguez]

Lastima que las de Caracalla no se convirtió en iglesia.

[JohnC-ptiw]

Transferred into a church and planet earth is freaking holy

[geisteswissenschaft]

Fuck Traffic, we need trees and Gras.

[bugsybaby]

A church?! What a waste of such building!!

[kathleenogrady]

It would be better if you used your own voice.

[asbadal]

Bath of Diocletian is the best and greatest architectural monument of ancient Rome !! I think it had better to restore this ancient bath in its original view, reason, ther are a lot of catholic churches, but only 8 of baths have been built in Rome !! And this one is the last one and most beautiful and splendid of them !!

[JosephPercente]

The street noise drowns out the narration.