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Apse mosaic, San Clemente, c.1200, showing a common form of Byzantine arabesque motif of scrolled acanthus tendrils Wooden ceiling The current basilica was rebuilt in one campaign by Cardinal Anastasius, ca 1099-ca. 1120.
In 1643, to fulfil a vow made during the plague epidemic that struck the city in 1630, Venetians funded the building of a new chapel, modelled on the Holy House of Loreto, inside the San Clemente church. This “church in a church” is still a main feature of the construction. Camaldolese Hermits of Monte Corona purchased the island in 1645 ...
The church was restored in 2003 as part of the project that made the adjacent buildings into a luxury hotel, which is now managed by Kempinski Group. [2] Between 2013 and 2014 Permak group - the current owner of San Clemente Island [3] - launched further renovations while retaining the historic character.
The Saint Clement and Sisinnius inscription (Italian: Iscrizione di San Clemente e Sisinnio), written around the end of the 11th century AD, is located in the subterranean chapel of the Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano in Rome. It is the very first known example of the Italian language used in a work of art. [1]
The basilica was the first church of San Clemente al Laterano. [25] Similarly, at Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio, an entire ancient city block – a 2nd-century insula on the Caelian Hill – was buried beneath a 4th-century basilica. [25]
San Clemente, or St Clement, is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church that overlooks the Piazza dei Signori in Padua, Italy. It is currently a dependent of the Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta .
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Facade of the Church of San Clemente. Little is known of Cominelli's youth. He was probably born in Venice in the first half of the 17th century into a family from Bergamo. In 1652 Francesco and Tommaso Morosini commissioned Cominelli to restore the facade of the Church of San Clemente on the Isola di San Clemente.