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In the heart of the ancient Sabine territory, at the foot of Monte Acuziano, stands the historic Abbey of Farfa. This church, the core of its monaster…
74 documented Early Christian sites across Italy, each with real history, a location, and (where available) a photo. A sample below; the full set travels with you offline in the Atika app.
In the heart of the ancient Sabine territory, at the foot of Monte Acuziano, stands the historic Abbey of Farfa. This church, the core of its monaster…
On the rocky spur of Monte San Biagio, where the old fortified settlement of Maratea once stood, this early Christian basilica holds a curious and per…
A Renaissance garden that runs on water. In the 16th century Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, denied the papacy, consoled himself by building the most specta…
Within the medieval walls, the Basilica and former Benedictine Monastery of San Vitale occupies a corner of the city that once held the 'regio domus A…
The Santissima Trinità complex in Venosa is a layered palimpsest of sacred history, its stones whispering centuries of devotion. Declared a national m…
On the right bank of the Lao river, inside the Pollino National Park, the Santuario di Santa Maria di Costantinopoli is pressed against the rock in a …
The Castello, detto della Marchesa Adelaide, stands on a height overlooking the historic centre of Susa, about 50 kilometres west of Turin, next to th…
High on Monte Faito, the Santuario di San Michele Arcangelo commands a 1,443-metre summit of the Monti Lattari, a place once called Monte Aureo, or Mo…
L’Antica Cattedrale dei Sabini, definita anche Santa Maria in Vescovio, fu innalzata, secondo un’antichissima tradizione, intorno al 380 per volere de…
On this fragment of an early South Italian vase, a scene of Amazonomachy plays out in faint, ghostly lines. The concave lip, everted rim, hemispherica…
A fortress known as the Santuario della B.V. della Rocca, in Italy. It is an Early Christian site. Fortifications from this period often combined defe…
This is a stamnos, a ceramic vessel of a type that would have been familiar across the ancient Mediterranean. Its form is purposeful: a globular body,…
This is a remarkably well-preserved wine amphora from the Early Christian period, its form a study in disciplined elegance. The body is ovoid, the sho…
A small church in Italy, likely early Christian in origin. The dedication to Sant'Ilaro and the Madonna del Carmine suggests a layered history, with l…
On the Colle delle Cerese, at 1,036 metres between the villages of Venere and San Veneziano, the local shepherds call this place Rotale. It is an oppi…
High on the mountain that overlooks the medieval village of Pescina, the Oppidum di Rocca Vecchia is one of the most important fortified centres of th…
The Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore is an early Christian church of resolute rectangular plan, divided into three naves with a transept and a polygonal…
A church of the Early Christian period in Italy, dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is one of many such foundations from an era …
High in the old town of Nicotera, this sacred site began as a Norman church, a single nave flanked by chapels, rebuilt in 1065 after earlier devastati…
The centro storico of Strongoli, once Petelia, a city of Magna Graecia, is a place where time has not been kind, but has left a rich, if melancholy, a…
This church presents itself with the quiet authority of an early Christian basilica, its plan a clear, three-aisled rectangle ending in three semicirc…
This is a lekithos, a slender ceramic oil flask from early Christian Italy. Its form is precise: a flaring echinus lip, a cylindrical neck that meets …
This small earthenware vessel, an oinochoe or wine jug, belongs to a group of seventeen pieces made expressly for burial. Its form is precise: a trefo…
Il Parco della Rimembranza di Silvi, che solo in parte ha conservato il proprio toponimo, si trova nei pressi della stazione ferroviaria della Marina,…
The old centre of Scilla, ancient Scyllaeum, is a coastal borgo that climbs the hillside in three distinct parts: the quarters of San Giorgio, Spirito…
An early Christian hydria, or water jar, attributed to the Creusa Painter. This is a vessel of considered form: an expanded lip, a rolled rim, a conca…
At the archaeological site of Costa Balenae, near the mouth of the Argentina stream, the early Christian Basilica of Capo Don preserves a notable sarc…
This is an olla, a type of storage vessel, from the Early Christian period. Its form is deliberate and dignified: a thickened, everted rim, a long cyl…
The Basilica Paleocristiana di Luni, also known as Luni Cathedral or the Pieve of Santa Maria, stands near the ancient port of Luni in Liguria. Built …
A small Early Christian church in Italy, dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It belongs to a period when Christian architecture was …
About a kilometre from the town, at the foot of a hill called Monticelli, this early Christian sanctuary commands a valley threaded by the Fasanella a…
EDIFICIO IN MURATURA CONTINUA DI MATTONI A VISTA CON VOLTE A CROCIERA…
The old heart of Cosenza, Consentia to the ancients, is a city built on seven hills, though its historic core settles chiefly upon the Pancrazio and T…
On a low foot, this early Christian kylix, a shallow drinking cup, is painted in the ‘occhioni’ style, its wide-eyed faces gazing out with a calm, arc…
tessere sciolte in pasta vitrea, varie tonalità e colori…
A small early Christian church in Italy. The dedication to the B.V. delle Grazie is a later one. The building is a representative example of the regio…
A church of the Early Christian period in Italy, the Santuario della B.V. Della Consolazione. It is a sanctuary dedicated to the Blessed Virgin of Con…
A small early Christian church in Italy, dedicated to Saint Peter in Chains. It is one of many surviving examples from the period when Christianity wa…
This chapel stands along the eastern sequence of the complex, a careful composition of stone and light. A square atrium leads into the main hall, rect…
This is a Salento hill town of ancient origin, its earliest nucleus still legible in the rectangular block between Via Capiterra and Via Cavour. The h…
In the northern reaches of the Bari province, the historic core of Molfetta occupies a peninsula once known as the Island of Sant’Andrea. In the early…
On a ridge in Basilicata, Montescaglioso is known as the "city of monasteries". Four monastic complexes once defined it; the most prominent is the Ben…
AMBITO DI CONTESTO PDA: Costa Paolana. CARATTERIZZAZIONE DEL TERRITORIO: geomorfologicamente il territorio è caratterizzato da una fascia pianeggiante…
Il centro storico sorge sulla sommità di un colle, suddiviso in molteplici rioni (Rione Porta Piccola, Rione Judeca, Rione Mergo, Rione Pizzetto, ecc.…
Of the three gates into the fortified settlement of Monte Vairano, the Porta Meridionale is the smallest. It consists of two square stone structures f…
This is a bronze fibula, a brooch of the sort used in the Early Christian period to fasten a cloak or tunic. It is not a simple pin: the arch is made …
This is the Oratorio della B.V. del Bosco, an early Christian church in Italy. It is a small, rural place of worship from a period when Christianity w…
A small early Christian church in Italy, the Oratorio della B.V. delle Grazie. Its name and form suggest a place of quiet devotion from the first cent…
Collegio Sisto V is a building of irregular plan, rising over five levels, two of them semi-basements. Its principal façade is of exposed brickwork, w…
The historical core of San Clemente, the central hamlet of Nocera Superiore, is a place where layers of civilisation sit uneasily on top of one anothe…
The historic centre of Amalfi is the medieval city, its white houses and steep, narrow lanes, many of them stepped, a classic example of Mediterranean…
On a flat coastal plain in southern Italy, Andrano is a small agricultural borgo with ancient roots. Its medieval core, still legible within the moder…
Candidoni is a lowland farming centre of probable early medieval origins, its history a litany of lords and seismic ruin. The place follows the fortun…
Cittadina costiera che affonda le radici nella tarda antichità. Lo stemma del comune di Agropoli, in modo singolare, ha una correlazione significativa…
The Italic settlement of Monte Vairano is defined above all by its circuit of walls. This perimeter runs for roughly three kilometres, enclosing an ar…
On the eastern side of the city’s perimeter, where the ground alone is nearly flat and slopes gently inward, stands Porta Vittoria, a gate that, even …
A fortress in Italy from the Early Christian period, now known as the Santuario della B.V. del Castello. Fortifications of this era often adapted Roma…
This is a church dedicated to the B.V. Assunta, dating from the Early Christian period, located in Italy. Early Christian churches in this region ofte…
A church of the Early Christian period in Italy, dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its name and period suggest a foundation from t…
Chiesa di S. Maria Assunta is an Early Christian church in Italy. This type of site typically marks the transition from Roman basilica forms to the fi…
Set apart at the edge of the monumental complex, this chapel stands on level ground. Its form is a single rectangular chamber with a polygonal apse, p…
Struttura in muratura portante continua in conglomerato di pietra e malta…
This is a church dedicated to the B.V. Addolorata in Italy. It dates from the Early Christian period. Early Christian churches in the region often rep…
At the Mulino di Sisto V, water was not merely a resource but a mechanism of power, channelled from the River Aso to drive the millstones within this …
The Mura Civiche is a gate in Italy, dating from the Early Christian period. It stands as a remnant of the city's fortifications from that era. Early …
A small Early Christian church in Italy, dedicated to the scene of Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. It is one of six chapels on the site, e…
A sepulchral site from the Early Christian period, located in the area of S. Maria Regina di Siponto, Italy. This type of burial ground typically refl…
This is Chapel V, known as Jesus' Dispute with the Doctors in the Temple, an Early Christian church in Italy. It is one of a group of chapels from thi…
This is Chapel IV, an Early Christian church in Italy, dedicated to the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. It belongs to a period when Christian arc…
A small chapel, the VI cappella (Orazione nell'Orto) is an Early Christian church in Italy. Its name refers to the Agony in the Garden. Like many earl…
A small Early Christian church in Italy, the IV Cappella is dedicated to the Presentation at the Temple. It belongs to a period when Christian archite…
This is V cappella (Disputa al Tempio), an Early Christian church in Italy. The name refers to the Disputation in the Temple, a subject common in earl…
An early Christian fortified settlement in Italy. The site consists of the remains of a defended enclosure, likely built to protect a small community …
Cascina IV Novembre is a site in Italy, dating from the Early Christian period. Early Christian sites in the region typically reflect the transition f…
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