Santa Costanza (erroneously called the Temple of Bacchus), Rome
Artist/Photographer | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) |
Country | Italy |
City | Rome |
Subject Date | 1756 |
Image Date | 1756 |
View | Topographical |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | SB100/1(37) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Churches ; Round buildings ; Mausoleums |
SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 37 NOTES: This church was built by Constantia, a daughter of Emperor Constantine, as a mausoleum for herself and her sister Helena, probably before 354. It has been a church since the 9th century.
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