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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385by Paolo Ghensi, Eriberto Bressan, Chiara Gardin, Letizia Ferroni, Maria Costanza Soldini, Federico Mandelli, Claudio Soldini, Barbara ZavanGet full text
Published 2017-11-01
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386by Letizia Monico, Laura Cartechini, Francesca Rosi, Wout De Nolf, Marine Cotte, Riccardo Vivani, Celeste Maurich, Costanza MilianiGet full text
Published 2020-08-01
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387by Chiara Caterino, Federica Aragosa, Giovanni Della Valle, Dario Costanza, Francesco Lamagna, Alfonso Piscitelli, Annalisa Nieddu, Gerardo FatoneGet full text
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389by Giovanni Della Valle, Chiara Caterino, Federica Aragosa, Fabiana Micieli, Dario Costanza, Cristina Di Palma, Alfonso Piscitelli, Gerardo FatoneGet full text
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390by Giovanni Della Valle, Chiara Caterino, Federica Aragosa, Fabiana Micieli, Dario Costanza, Cristina Di Palma, Alfonso Piscitelli, Gerardo FatoneGet full text
Published 2021-01-01
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393by Massimo Castellucci, Costanza Novara, Alessandra Casuccio, Giovannni Cillino, Carla Giordano, Valentina Failla, Vincenza Bonfiglio, Maria Vadalà, Salvatore CillinoGet full text
Published 2021-02-01
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394by Silvia Tabano, Jacopo Azzollini, Chiara Pesenti, Sara Lovati, Jole Costanza, Laura Fontana, Bernard Peissel, Monica Miozzo, Siranoush ManoukianGet full text
Published 2020-04-01
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395by Diógenes Lagos Cortés, Nidia Costanza Soto Echeverry, José Bernardo Betancourt Ramírez, Julián Oswaldo Enríquez Yagüe, Gonzalo Gómez BetancourtGet full text
Published 2017-10-01
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396by Daniela Valigi, Davide Fronzi, Costanza Cambi, Giulio Beddini, Carlo Cardellini, Roberto Checcucci, Lucia Mastrorillo, Francesco Mirabella, Alberto TazioliGet full text
Published 2020-03-01
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397by Costanza Casati, Valeriana Giuseppina Colombo, Marialuisa Perrino, Ornella Marina Rossetti, Marialuisa Querques, Alessandro Giacomoni, Agnese Binaggia, Giacomo ColussiGet full text
Published 2018-01-01
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398by Luca Masotti, Elisa Grifoni, Alessandro Dei, Vieri Vannucchi, Federico Moroni, Grazia Panigada, Costanza Nicotra, Stefano Spolveri, Giancarlo LandiniGet full text
Published 2019-01-01
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399by Elena Sogaro, Francesca Schininà, Costanza Burgisser, Francesco Orso, Rachele Pallante, Teresa Aloi, Duccio Vanni, Adolfo Pazzagli, Francesco FattirolliGet full text
Published 2015-12-01
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