San Pietro in Vincoli – home of Michelangelo’s statue of Moses | Rome, Italy

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Few churches in Rome hide their masterpiece quite so unassumingly. San Pietro in Vincoli sits on the Esquiline Hill, its simple brick facade giving no hint of the artistic treasure waiting inside. Visitors come for one thing: Michelangelo’s Moses, carved from a single block of Carrara marble. The prophet sits with horns on his head, […]

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