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Address

Address: Clivo di Venere Felice
Zone: Rione Campitelli (Foro Romano- Campidoglio-P.Venezia) (Roma centro)

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Opening times

The area is not open to the public

Description

Those of you who have already visited the Capitoline Museums will certainly have admired the fragment of the colossal statue of Emperor Constantine.
But inside where could a sculpture whose foot alone measured 2 metres have fitted? The answer is simple: in the apse of a 35 metre high building, the Basilica of Maxentius.
First started in 306 A.D. by Maxentius and completed by Constantine, the basilica measured 100 by 65 metres and had a 80 metre long central nave whose roof rested on 8 marble columns. Sadly only the northern nave has survived the test of time, whose lacunar vaults provided inspiration for Renaissance architects.

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Last checked: 2023-02-23 12:52