Transformed by Constantine who opened
the entrance to the façade overlooking the Sacred
Way (preceded by a porch of four porphyry columns still
visible) and he also added an apse to the north side.
The central nave was covered with three cross-vaults
resting on eight monolithic columns 14 mt. high (only
one column from the complex survives, raised in 1613
in front of Santa Maria Maggiore).
The grandiose building housed the colossal
statue of Constantine (some fragments in marble are
now in the courtyard of the Palace of the Conservatori
on the Capitol Hill) |
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