The Basilica of San Clemente is one of the most important in Rome, not only from an artistic point of view but also from a historical one because it represents well a city that was built in overlapping layers. It is located about three hundred meters beyond the Colosseum, on the slightly uphill road that leads to San Giovanni in Laterano. It takes its name from Pope St. Clement, third successor of St. Peter, who died around the year 100 AD.