San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura

San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura

Interior: View from the center of the nave

Title Variant
Basilica of Saint Lawrence
Date

314-1217 CE

Location
Work Type
Notes

Constantine I built a funerary hall in the 4th century over tomb of Saint Lawrence; Pope Sixtus III built a church that was later remodeled into the current nave (432-440 CE); Pope Pelagius II (579-90) a Byzantine Church and eventually Pope Honorius III (1216-27) the Romanesque structure that we see today.

Culture
Image Date
12-Mar
Image Source

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University

Photographer
Record ID
1213_rome2012_sanlorenzo_vr_001