Early Christian & Byzantine

SANTA COSTANZA, Rome, c. 350 AD Built as a tomb for Constantine's daughter Constantina (who is now known as Santa Costanza) Santa Constanza, 350CE, Rome

Santa Costanza, section and plan

View of the Church of Santa Constanza, Rome. Originally built in the mid 4th c. AD as a mausoleum for Constantia, daughter of Constantine. View of circular corridor and ceiling mosaics.

Santa Costanza, Interior looking towards tomb, note mosaic decoration of vault and the radial pairing of columns

San Stefano Rotondo, Rome (468-83 AD) This circular martyrium was built to house the remains of the first martyr, Stephen

BASILICA of Constantine (and Maxentius) 310 CE

Basilica of Constantine

Reconstruction of the interior of the Basilica of Constantine. In the apse is the colossal statue of Constantine (about 36 feet tall).

Constantine's Basilica at Trier, c310 CE Constantine’s Basilica, c.310CE, Trier

Constantine's Basilica at Trier

Constantine's Basilica at Trier

Santa Sabina Rome, c.42 Santa Sabina, c.420CE, Rome

Santa Sabina Rome, c.422

Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, 432-440

(Old) St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican c.325 (Old) Saint Peter’s Basilica , c.325CE, the Vatican

(Old) St. Peter's Basilica

Basilica of St Peter, Rome ("Old St Peter's"), c.320CE Note the introduction of a transept

Alberti. Mantua. Sant'Andrea begun 1470