Interior: View from the center of the nave
Creator
Title Variant
Basilica of Saint Lawrence
Date
314-1217 CE
Location
Geographic Coordinates
41.902608, 12.520857
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