The Most Important Church in the World and Oldest Public Church in Rome - Basilica St John Lateran

Arch Basilica of St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist in Lateran. The ONLY Arch Basilica in the world. The seat of the Pope. The Pope's church. The mother church of all catholic churches in the world. The OLDEST public church in Rome. The OLDEST basilica in the West. More important than St Peter's basilica of the Vatican. In total, this is the most IMPORTANT church in all of history. 00:00 - Lateran Palace 04:05 - Remaining arches of the Aqua Claudia aqueduct 05:15 Roman remains of a nymphaeum 07:40 - Lateran Baptistery 10:20 - Lateran Obelisk 12:45 - Arch-basilica of St John Lateran 14:05- Replica of Byzantine mosaics from inside the halls of the ancient Lateran Palace 14:35 - Interior of the Arch-basilica of St John Lateran 21:50 - The Holy Stairs