Lateran
Sign in to savethumb|right|250px|Late Baroque façade of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, completed after a competition for the design by [[Alessandro Galilei in 1735]] thumb|right|250px|View showing Archbasilica and Palace thumb|250px|Basilica and Palace - side view, with the Lateran Obelisk Lateran and Laterano are names for an area of Rome, and the shared names of several buildings in Rome. The properties were once owned by the Lateranus family of the Roman Empire. The Laterani lost their properties to Emperor Constantine who allegedly gave them to the Bishop of Rome though this traditional report h
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thumb|right|250px|Late Baroque façade of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, completed after a competition for the design by [[Alessandro Galilei in 1735]] thumb|right|250px|View showing Archbasilica and Palace thumb|250px|Basilica and Palace - side view, with the Lateran Obelisk Lateran and Laterano are names for an area of Rome, and the shared names of several buildings in Rome. The properties were once owned by the Lateranus family of the Roman Empire. The Laterani lost their properties to Emperor Constantine who allegedly gave them to the Bishop of Rome though this traditional report has been most likely based on the document Donation of Constantine which has been proven to be a forgery.
The most famous Lateran buildings are the Lateran Palace, once called the Palace of the Popes, and the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, the cathedral of Rome, which while in Rome, and not in the Vatican, are properties of the Holy See, and have extraterritorial privileges as a result of the 1929 Lateran Treaty with Italy. As the official ecclesiastical seat of the pope, Saint John Lateran contains the papal cathedra. The Lateran is Christendom's earliest basilica.