Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, Aquileia: the main piazza
Architect/Designer | GTRF |
Artist/Photographer | ORCH Orsenigo-Chemollo |
Country | Italy |
City | Aquileia |
Subject Date | 1379 |
Image Date | 2012 |
View | Aerial |
Medium | Digital image |
Library Reference | ORCH Orsenigo 025__MG_2438 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | ORCH Orsenigo / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Squares ; Cathedrals ; Archaeological sites ; Restoration |
NOTES: The ancient town of Aquileia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Basilica was originally erected by Patriarch Poppo in 1031 and rebuilt in 1379. It has fresco decoration and floor mosaics dating from the 4th-6th centuries. In 2004 the architects GTRF (Giovanni Tortelli and Roberto Frassini) won a competition for the ÔÇÿReorganisation of the areas around the Basilica complex and the creation of a Museum for the Mosaics of the southern hall of the BaptisteryÔÇÖ. The first phase seen here was completed in 2012.
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