Italy,
Rome, Santa Costanza, Reconstruction
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Italy,
Rome, Santa Costanza, Plan
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Italy,
Rome, Santa Costanza, Exterior view
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Italy,
Rome, Santa Costanza, Exterior view
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Italy,
Rome, Santa Costanza, Interior view
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Italy,
Rome, Santa Costanza, Interior view
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Santa
Costanza was built on the via Nomentana, northeast of
Rome, as a mausoleum for Constantia, the daughter of the
Emperor Constantine. Original mosaic decoration survives
in the barrel vault of the ambulatory surrounding the
central space. |
