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Poster:
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Icarusfree
(see this users gallery)
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Views:
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2384
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Date:
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Wed Sep 8, 2004
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Filesize:
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294.8k, 146.5k
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Dimensions:
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600 x 900
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Description:
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The church was consecrated about 325, in an older building that was rebuilt to house the Passion Relics brought to Rome by St Helena. The floor was packed with soil from the Holy Land. It was at first known as the Basilica of Helena or Basilica Sessoriana but the official name was Hierusalem. The present name was given to it in the Middle Ages. It was restored by Pope Gregory II (715-731) and Pope Hadrian I (771-795). The Canons of the church had it rebuilt in the Romanesque style during the pontificate of Lucius II (1144-1145). Pope Benedict XIV had it rebuilt in the Baroque style between 1741 and 1744. The architects were Domenico Gregorini and Pietro Passalacqua. The roads that Pope Sixtus V had planned in the early 16th century, linking Santa Maria Maggiore, San Giovanni in Laterano and this church, were finally completed at this time. The façade is from the 18th century, in the Baroque style. If you walk around the church, it is still possible to see the original Roman masonry in some places. you can also see the ruins of a medieval cloister adjacent to the church. The oval atrium from 1741-1744 has a domed vault and an ambulatory. Its colour scheme was reconstructed recently. The architects were clearly influenced by Borromini.
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Keywords:
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Rome, Italy, Cityscape, Landmark
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Photo URL:
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http://www.bytegallery.com/data/3185/4webRomaSantaCroceGerusalem01-med.jpg
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| File name: |
webRomaSantaCroceGerusalem01.jpg |
File size: |
149982 bytes |
| File date: |
2004:09:08 17:33:25 |
Camera make: |
Canon |
| Camera model: |
Canon EOS 10D |
Date/Time: |
2004:06:03 03:40:51 |
| Resolution: |
600 x 900 |
Flash used: |
No |
| Focal length: |
38.0mm (35mm equivalent: 206mm) |
CCD width: |
6.64mm |
| Exposure time: |
0.0100 s (1/100) |
Aperture: |
f/10.0 |
| ISO equiv.: |
200 |
Metering Mode: |
matrix |
| Jpeg process: |
Baseline |
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