Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le mura

Alternative Names
Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le mura
Papal Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls
Date
built 6th and 13th centuries; reconstructed 1948
Work Type
church
Material/Technique
brick
marble
Style/Period
Late Antique
Byzantine
Romanesque

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.

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