Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Interior: View from crossing

Creator

Saint Helena
Ancient Roman
empress
patron
246-330 CE
Italian
pope
patron
1676-1758
Date

ca. 325 CE; ca. 1750 (current appearance)

Location

Geographic Coordinates
41.888394, 12.516091
Measurements
70m x 37m
Notes

Built around the chapel of Empress Helen, mother of Constantine the Great. Many restorations throughout the years have been done and current baroque appearance is owed to Benedict XIV. Known to have housed many passion relics (true cross, etc.)

Style/Period

Image Date
12-Mar
Image Source

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

Photographer