One of Rome’s most beautiful early Christian churches, the Basilica di Santa Sabina dates to the early 5th century. It has since been much modified and little is left of the original church. However, one thing that does remain is its cypress-wood doors. These feature 18 carved panels depicting biblical events, including one of the oldest Crucifixion scenes in existence. It’s quite hard to make it out in the top left, but it depicts Jesus and the two thieves, although strangely, not their crosses.
The interior, a solemn gray affair, is lit by sunlight from high nave windows and flanked by 24 columns supporting a decorated arcade. In the floor you can see the tombstone of Muñoz de Zamora, one of the founding fathers of the Dominican order to which the church was given in the early 1200s.