Santa Cecilia in Trastevere

Frommer's Review

A cloistered and still-functioning convent with a fine garden, Santa Cecilia contains The Last Judgment, by Pietro Cavallini (ca. 1293), a masterpiece of Roman medieval painting. Another treasure is a late-13th-century baldachino by Arnolfo di Cambio over the altar. The church is built on the reputed site of Cecilia's long-ago palace, and for a small fee you can descend under the church to inspect the ruins of some Roman houses as well as peer through a gate at the stuccoed grotto beneath the altar.

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