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Map of San Sebastián The city is located in the north of the Basque Country , on the south-eastern coast of the Bay of Biscay . San Sebastián has three beaches , Concha, Ondarreta, and Zurriola, and is surrounded by hilly areas: Urgull (adjacent to the old part of the city), Mount Ulia (extending east to Pasaia ), Mount Adarra (south of the ...
The Chiesa di San Sebastiano (English: Church of Saint Sebastian) is a 16th-century Roman Catholic church located in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. The church houses a cycle of paintings by the artist Paolo Veronese , as well as paintings by Tintoretto and Titian .
St. Sebastian was a popular Roman martyr of the 3rd century whose remains were moved here in around 350. The dedication of the basilica to Sebastian dates to the 9th century. [5] His remains were transferred to St. Peter's in 826, fearing a Saracen assault: the latter, in fact, materialised, and the basilica was destroyed. [6]
The present name is attested only since the second half of 15th century, due to the vicinity to the Basilica of San Sebastiano and its catacombs. The original structure was constructed by Aurelian ca. AD 275 and included a double-arched opening surmounted by bow windows and two semi-cylindrical towers.
In 1944 it was destroyed and two children were killed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius during the Allies' occupation of southern Italy, but has since been rebuilt. [4] [5] The main attraction is the church of San Sebastiano Martire from the 16th century. Gaetano Filangieri, a Neapolitan jurist, was born in San Sebastiano al Vesuvius.
The Catacombs of San Sebastiano are a hypogeum cemetery in Rome, Italy, rising along Via Appia Antica, in the Ardeatino Quarter. It is one of the very few Christian burial places that has always been accessible. The first of the former four floors is now almost completely destroyed.
Saint Sebastian in Italian; San Sebastiano Curone, a comune in the Italian region Piedmont; San Sebastiano da Po, a comune in the Italian region Piedmont; San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, a settlement destroyed by the 1944 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, but since rebuilt. San Sebastiano (Biella), a church in Biella, Italy; San Sebastiano (Milan), a ...
A route marker painted on an old nautical measured mile on the Cantabrian Coast.. The Northern Way (Spanish: Camino del Norte) (also known as the "Liébana Route") is an 817 km, five-week coastal route from Basque Country at Irún, near the French border, and follows the northern coastline of Spain to Galicia where it heads inland towards Santiago joining the Camino Francés at Arzúa.