Lateran Basilica
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Lateran Basilica
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Saint John Lateran
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San Giovanni in Laterano
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Domenico Fontana (Italian architect, 1543-1607)
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Francesco Borromini (Italian architect, 1599-1667)
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Alessandro Galilei (Italian architect and engineer, born 1691, died 1736 or 1737)
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Hibon, Auguste (French engraver and etcher, 1780-1857)
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Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Italy
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ca. 314-1736 (inclusive)
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perspective of the main façade of the basilica and palace
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interier perspective of the basilica from the entrance, exterior perspectives
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Dedicated to the Saviour and (certainly from the 7th century) to St John, and known as S Giovanni in Laterano, the basilica is the cathedral church of Rome. It was regarded as the mother church of all Christendom, as is made clear by the inscription omnium urbis et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput, which appears twice on the huge bases of the columns framing the central doorway to the present building. The church was probably begun after the Edict of Milan (313) and consecrated just before Constantine's departure to the East in 318
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it would then have been incomplete and largely undecorated. The proportions and spatial distribution of the present nave (by Borromini,1646-1650) substantially reflect those of the Early Christian basilica. The main façade (1732-1736) by Alessandro Galilei is simple, solemn and harmonious, in a late Baroque Classicist style, with the benediction loggia on the main axis. Galilei also added the Corsini Chapel.
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line drawings (drawings)
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Baroque
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Early Christian
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Italian
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architectural exteriors
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architectural interiors
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New Testament
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rulers and leaders
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saints
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Letarouilly, Paul Marie. Edifices de Rome Moderne. Paris: A. Morel, 1868, 226.
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Public Domain
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Fontana, Domenico
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Borromini, Francesco, Galilei, Alessandro
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Domenico Fontana (Italian architect, 1543-1607), Francesco Borromini (Italian architect, 1599-1667), and Alessandro Galilei (Italian architect and engineer, born 1691, died 1736 or 1737), “Lateran Basilica”, Arch Design Images, accessed November 14, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/archlib/item/19154