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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 h