Santa Costanza
![View of the mausoleum of Santa Costanza and the remaining wall of the Constantinian basilica (photo taken from its apse).](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Santa_Costanza_-_vista_dalla_basilica_costantiniana.jpg)
According to the traditional view, Santa Costanza was built around the reign of Constantine I as a mausoleum for his daughter Constantina, later also known as Constantia or Costanza, who died in AD 354. However, more recent excavations have called this date (and therefore the original purpose of the building) into question. Ultimately, Constantina's sarcophagus was housed here, but it may have been moved from an earlier location.
The mausoleum is of circular form with an ambulatory surrounding a central dome. The fabric of Santa Costanza survives in essentially its original form. Despite the loss of the coloured stone veneers of the walls, some damage to the mosaics and incorrect restoration, the building stands in excellent condition as a prime example of Early Christian art and architecture. The vaults of the apses and ambulatory display well preserved examples of Late Roman mosaics. A key component which is missing from the decorative scheme is the mosaic of the central dome. In the sixteenth century, watercolours were made of this central dome so the pictorial scheme can be hypothetically reconstructed. The large porphyry sarcophagus of either Constantina or her sister Helena has survived intact, and is now in the Vatican Museum – an object of great significance to the study of the art of Late Antiquity. Provided by Wikipedia
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361by Yash P. Vaidya, MD, Tonio F. Schaffert, MD, Palma M. Shaw, MD, Michael J. Costanza, MDGet full text
Published 2021-12-01
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363by Elisa Landucci, Costanza Mazzantini, Daniele Lana, Pier Luigi Davolio, Maria Grazia Giovannini, Domenico E. Pellegrini-GiampietroGet full text
Published 2021-09-01
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366by Costanza Ceccanti, Marco Landi, Daniele Antichi, Lucia Guidi, Luigi Manfrini, Michele Monti, Giacomo Tosti, Christian FrasconiGet full text
Published 2020-06-01
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367by Vincenzo Roncacé, Costanza Burattini, Fiorenza Stagni, Sandra Guidi, Andrea Giacomini, Marco Emili, Giorgio Aicardi, Renata BartesaghiGet full text
Published 2017-10-01
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368by Davide Fronzi, Francesco Mirabella, Carlo Cardellini, Stefano Caliro, Stefano Palpacelli, Costanza Cambi, Daniela Valigi, Alberto TazioliGet full text
Published 2021-05-01
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372by Domenico M. Romeo, Claudia Brogna, Arianna Belli, Simona Lucibello, Costanza Cutrona, Massimo Apicella, Eugenio Mercuri, Paolo MariottiGet full text
Published 2021-01-01
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374by Filippo Ghidini, Calogero Virgone, Bernadette Metangmo Madounkeng, Andrea Franchella, Milo Vason, Dionisio Cumba, Costanza Tognon, Piergiorgio GambaGet full text
Published 2020-01-01
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375by Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli, Mariella Margari, Flora Furente, Maria Carmela Costanza, Anna Rosi Legrottaglie, Franca Dicuonzo, Lucia MargariGet full text
Published 2019-01-01
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376by Ramón Gisbert-Mullor, Costanza Ceccanti, Yaiza Gara Padilla, Salvador López-Galarza, Ángeles Calatayud, Giuseppe Conte, Lucia GuidiGet full text
Published 2020-06-01
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377by Ludovica Pasca, Costanza Varesio, Cinzia Ferraris, Monica Guglielmetti, Claudia Trentani, Anna Tagliabue, Pierangelo Veggiotti, Valentina De GiorgisGet full text
Published 2020-09-01
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378by Costanza Jucker, Ian C.W. Hardy, Serena Malabusini, Silvia de Milato, Giacomo Zen, Sara Savoldelli, Daniela LupiGet full text
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379by Michele Azzarone, Patrizia Ferretti, Veronica Rossi, Daniele Scarponi, Luca Capraro, Patrizia Macrì, John W. Huntley, Costanza FarandaGet full text
Published 2018-04-01
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