Santa Costanza
Title
Santa Costanza
Date
ca. 350
Identifier
7668
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Italy (nation)
Rome (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Early Christian
Subject
churches (buildings)
mausoleums
Description
Exterior view of Santa Constanza in Rome, Italy. "Although this building was consecrated as a church in 1256, it began as a mausoleum for Constantine's daughter, Constantia (also known as Constantina or Costanza), who died in 354 AD.. The plan is circular, borrowing from the antique tradition of funerary architecture. (See plan here.) There is a narthex or porch, which leads to the central domed space, which is surrounded by a barrel-vaulted ambulatory. Originally there was also an external colonnaded ambulatory, traces of which can still be seen. Twelve clerestory windows light the central space,"--by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.
Material/Medium
concrete
brick (clay product)
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
N1ITROM2-0350E3A1
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