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Santa Maria Maggiore, Assisi

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The crypt, belonging to the 10th-century church, is home to Roman architectural elements, such as decorated walls, pavements, capitals from the preceding Roman building, and a sarcophagus with a sculpted cross, dating from the 9th century. From the annexed garden, remains of the ancient city's walls
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with a nave and two aisles, separated by pillars. The walls house fresco remains and paintings of the 14th-15th centuries, including a
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The current structure dates from the 11th-12th centuries, although it was built on a pre-existing
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The church has an undecorated façade divided vertically by
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12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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church; the latter had been in turn erected above a
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Official website of the Sanctuary of the Spoliation
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Italian
Italian
Assisi
Umbria
Italy
Palaeo-Christian
Roman
Propertius
domus
Apollo
Janus
San Rufino
pilasters
rose window
Assisi Cathedral
basilica plan
Pietà
Tiberio d'Assisi
Pace di Bartolo
Pinturicchio
Blessed Carlo Acutis


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