San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura

Image View Description

Exterior: View from South

Date

314-1217 CE

Creator
Constantine, Emperor of Rome ((Constantine the Great) Ancient Roman emperor, 285-337 CE), Sixtus III, Pope (Roman pope, patron, 432-440 CE (reigned)), Pelagius II, Pope (Roman pope, patron, 579-590 CE), Honorius III, Pope (Roman pope, patron, 1216-1227)
Work Type
architecture
Style/Period
Late Antique, Byzantine, Romanesque
Culture
Italian
Location
Rome (Italy)
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.

Image Source

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

Photographer
Caleb Smith
Record ID
1213_rome2012_sanlorenzo_vr_005
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