Rome's only surviving Gothic church, with a blue star-painted vault, Michelangelo's Cristo della Minerva (1521), Filippino Lippi's frescoes in the Carafa Chapel (1488-93) and the tombs of St Catherine of Siena and Fra Angelico.
- Address
- Piazza della Minerva 42, 00186 Roma
- Hours
- Mon-Fri 08:00-20:00; Sat-Sun 10:30-13:00, 14:00-19:30 (Google hours via Wanderlog, 2026-09)
- Best time to go
- Morning · About 30 min
- Price
- Free (church)
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- The Carafa Chapel is the second chapel in the right transept.
- It is one block behind the Pantheon: step in when the Pantheon queue is long.