where: Piazza San Bartolomeo all'Isola/Tiber Island
hours: 9:00-13:00 & 15:30-17:30
This minor basilica was built in the 10th century on orders of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III to house the remains of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle and the Bishop of Prague, Saint Adalbert.
The church has been restored many times over the centuries due to flooding of the Tiber, with the Baroque facade added in 1624.
The church has important frescoes and paintings by Antonio Marziale Carracci, son of Agostino Carracci, who was commissioned to decorate the church interior in 1608.
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