We are starting to get used to getting around with our bikes. It is pretty daunting walking, never mind biking, as Roman car drivers do indeed live up to their fame for being aggressive drivers. We are making use of a bike path along the nearby Tiber river although that involves a lot of stairs getting up and down.
Late this afternoon we took a short ride, just barely 10 minutes to the church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. We had tried to visit the church back in 2010. We sat in the courtyard one afternoon for ages, waiting for the church to open along with other hopefuls, but sadly it didn’t open that afternoon. We have longed to go back ever since.
Saint Cecilia is a Roman martyr who lived in the second century and is popularly known as the patron saint of musicians. It is said that the church is built on the site where she lived.@nd that her remains are buried below the current church. The church was built in 822 and updated in the 18th c. The courtyard is lovely with a fountain and the apse has a beautiful 9th c. Mosaic. We didn’t visit the crypt today, next time.
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