Italy, Rome, Basilica St John in Laterano 313 - 17th cent. - A History of Romanesque Architecture 300 - 1300 (sitios de interés)
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The problem with the churches of Rome is that almost nothing remains of the earliest architecture. They have been rebuilt many times.
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano — is the oldest cathedral in Rome and ranks first among the four major basilicas of Rome. The site was occupied during the early Roman Empire by the palace of the gens Laterani. In time to host a synod of bishops in 313 that was convened to challenge the Donatist schism, the palace basilica was by Constantine I converted into a church and extended, eventually becoming the cathedral of Rome, the seat of the popes as bishops of Rome. It was enlarged and altered repeatedly so that nothing remains of the original church. In the 16th cent Pope Sixtus V tore down the original Lateran Palace and basilica and commissioned replacements.
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