Basilica of Santa Sabina

Standing on the Aventine Hill, this fifth-century basilica is among the best-preserved early Christian churches in Rome, its lofty nave lined with matched Corinthian columns and lit by large clerestory windows of selenite. The wooden entrance doors, carved around 430 AD, include one of the earliest known depictions of the Crucifixion. Restorations in the twentieth century stripped away later additions to reveal the austere original design. The adjacent garden and the nearby keyhole view of St.