Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, Aquileia: the mosaic floors in the southern hall
| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA114371 |
| Architect/Designer | GTRF
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| Artist/Photographer | ORCH Orsenigo-Chemollo
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| Country | Italy |
| City | Aquileia |
| Subject Date | 1379 |
| Image Date | 2012 |
| View | Interior |
| Medium | Digital image |
| Library Reference | ORCH Orsenigo 019__MG_8315-Modifica |
| Orientation | Landscape |
| Colour / B&W |
Colour |
| Credit |
ORCH Orsenigo / RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
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 ‘Reorganisation of the areas around the Basilica complex and the creation of a Museum for the Mosaics of the southern hall of the Baptistery’. The first phase seen here was completed in 2012.
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Subject tags
cathedrals, museums, restoration, archaeological sites, mosaic floors