Costanza and the Baptistery of the Lateran, both in Rome, and one in the tomb of Galla Placidia at Ravenna (c. A.D. 450). From these we pass to the Sassanian domes at Serbistan and Firuzabad, of the 4th and 5th centuries respectively.
The Emperor Constantine built for his daughter Costanza a mausoleum which has a circular central space surrounded by a lower ambulatory or passageway separated by a colonnade. Santa Costanza's burial place became a place of worship as well as a tomb.
vt (troops) to base at → mettere di stanza a; (opinion, relationship) to base on → basare su, fondare su
I'm based in London → sono di base or ho base a Londra ...
The church of Santa Costanza in Rome was a mausoleum built for Constantine's daughter, Constantina (died 354): ...
The most important are those in the Stanza della Segnatura, which contains the Disputà, an elaborate explication of the sacrament of the Eucharist.
 See also: Architecture, Roman, Geometric, House, Church
  
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