San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura

Date: 314-1217 CE
Image View Description: Exterior: View from South
Creator: Constantine, Emperor of Rome (Ancient Roman emperor, 285-337 CE)
Work Type: architecture
Style/Period: Late Antique
Style/Period 2: Byzantine
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_006


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