Basilica di Santa Balbina all'Aventino
Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
The oldest record of its existence dates back to the Synod of 495.
The Church, currently a simple place of worship without a parish and subsidiary of the Vatican basilica, used mainly for weddings, is a vast and ancient fortified convent, now named after santa Dorotea and a hospice since 1884.
The building was restored by Antonio Muñoz in 1928; on that occasion were placed in the floor mosaics from excavations of 1939 to open via dei Fori Imperiali. The plant is to House only, not divided into aisles, but with deep niches on the side walls, alternately rectangular and semicircular, surrounded by pillars. On the bottom is the apse, with Windows, where there is a fine cosmatesque Episcopal Chair.
The building, watching the walls in Opus vittatum and brick, looks dated to the 4th century, but perhaps originally belonged to one of the wealthiest residences (domus) in the neighborhood and only later was used as a church. The Domus, has been identified by brick stamps, with that given by the Emperor Septimius Severus, early 3rd century, to his friend Fabio Cilo, twice Consul and prefect of Rome.
The current façade is the result of a sixteenth-century makeover.
The oldest record of its existence dates back to the Synod of 495.
The Church, currently a simple place of worship without a parish and subsidiary of the Vatican basilica, used mainly for weddings, is a vast and ancient fortified convent, now named after santa Dorotea and a hospice since 1884.
The building was restored by Antonio Muñoz in 1928; on that occasion were placed in the floor mosaics from excavations of 1939 to open via dei Fori Imperiali. The plant is to House only, not divided into aisles, but with deep niches on the side walls, alternately rectangular and semicircular, surrounded by pillars. On the bottom is the apse, with Windows, where there is a fine cosmatesque Episcopal Chair.
The building, watching the walls in Opus vittatum and brick, looks dated to the 4th century, but perhaps originally belonged to one of the wealthiest residences (domus) in the neighborhood and only later was used as a church. The Domus, has been identified by brick stamps, with that given by the Emperor Septimius Severus, early 3rd century, to his friend Fabio Cilo, twice Consul and prefect of Rome.
The current façade is the result of a sixteenth-century makeover.
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- Added: 14 Mar 2014
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2533516
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