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ROME
Churches
Santa Costanza (via Nomentana)
A splendid paleo-Christian church situated near the basilica of Sant' Agnese, this was originally a mausoleum built in the fourth century for Costanza, son of Constantine. It was subsequently transformed into a baptistry and then into a church towards the middle of the second century. One can still admire the original construction with its dome and columns. The colonnade is surrounded by a circular gallery whose walls are decorated with splendid fourth-century mosaics. In the church the precious sarcophagus of Constantine, in pink porphyry, was found. It is now in the Vatican Museum. |
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