Rotonda di San Lorenzo
Mantua, Italy
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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The Rotonda di San Lorenzo is a Romanesque religious building in Mantua, Lombardy, northern Italy, and the oldest church in the city. Built in the late 11th century under the Canossa family, it has a central plan inspired by the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and is dedicated to the martyr St. Lawrence. Its brick construction includes marble columns from ancient edifices, and it retains a matronaeum and 11th–12th century Byzantine-school frescoes. It now sits below the level of the Piazza delle Erbe, probably on the site of a Roman temple to Venus.
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- Built
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- church building
- Heritage
- Italian national heritage
- Place
- Mantua, Italy
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