Santa Costanza

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Santa Costanza is an early Christian church in Rome, renowned for its circular plan and well-preserved 4th-century mosaics.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Santa Costanza canonical 2
Mausoleum of Santa Costanza 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf basilica
church building
early Christian church
architecturalStyle Early Christian architecture
architecturalType central-plan church
associatedWith Constantina
Constantine the Great
linked to: Constantine I
city Rome
completionDate 4th century
constructionEnd 4th century
constructionStart 4th century
country Italy
dedicatedTo Constantina
Saint Constance
denomination Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
era Constantinian era
hasAmbulatory yes
hasCentralDome yes
hasFeature ambulatory
clerestory windows
dome
ring of columns
heritageDesignation important monument of early Christian art
interiorDecoration vault mosaics
wall mosaics
locatedIn Italy
Nomentano district
Rome
material brick
mosaicDepictions geometric patterns
harvest scenes
putti
vine scrolls
namedAfter Constantina
near Sant'Agnese fuori le mura
notableFor 4th-century mosaics
circular plan
well-preserved early Christian mosaics
openToPublic yes
originalFunction imperial mausoleum
mausoleum of Constantina
period Late Antiquity
planType circular plan
religiousAffiliation Christianity
roofType domed roof
significance key example of early Christian funerary architecture
prototype of central-plan church design
usedAsParishChurchFrom 13th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mausoleum of Constantina dedicatedAs Santa Costanza
Basilica of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura adjacentTo Mausoleum of Santa Costanza
linked to: Santa Costanza