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Architectural History

Posts of Historically significant buildings and concepts

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Villa d’Este, Tivoli, Latium, Italy

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Rising up quickly from the Roman campagna where Hadrian’s Villa can be found, you hit towering mountains, and the train snakes through gorges and canyons. A waterfall can be spotted off in the distance, and after a tunnel or two,… Continue Reading →

Afield, Architectural History Historic Sites, Houses, Italy, Rome
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Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, Latium, Italy

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Let’s forget about ice storms and head to the Roman Campagna, the hills to the northeast of Rome, where at the base of the mountains that rise up to Tivoli lies the ancient ruins of Hadrian’s Villa. I also realized… Continue Reading →

Afield, Architectural History Historic Buildings, Italy, Rome, Ruins
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Spolia from the Imperial Fora

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

Acanthus leaves, rosettes, volutes, ogees, egg and darts, dentilated cornices: they all started back in the ancient world. This chunk of marble from the imperial Roman fora has been copied directly and indirectly thousands of times around St. Louis.

Afield, Architectural History Italy, Rome, Ruins
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Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

The Saint Louis Art Museum Sculpture Hall is influenced by the Baths of Caracalla, but it’s also inspired by the Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius, which is one of my favorite buildings in the Roman Forum. It is mostly collapsed from… Continue Reading →

Afield, Architectural History Historic Buildings, Italy, Rome, Ruins
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Basilica of San Lorenzo Maggiore

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

The Basilica of Great Saint Lawrence is one of the most important churches in the world you’ve never heard of. It sits across what is now a plaza, but was once crowded with houses, from the Colonnade of St. Lawrence.… Continue Reading →

Afield, Architectural History Churches, Demolition, Historic Buildings, Historic Sites, Italy, Mausolea, Milan, Rehabilitation, Ruins
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Colonnade of San Lorenzo, Milan

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

Urban renewal happens in Europe, as well, and the Colonnade of St. Lawrence is a perfect example of that. As the ancient world transitioned into the Early Christian, an old temple or bath house was torn down, and this colonnade… Continue Reading →

Afield, Architectural History Historic Sites, Italy, Milan, Ruins
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Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Milan

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

Milan is a very crowded city, with very little space. So when it came time to build a new church, St. Mary Near (or as I translate presso, up against) St. Satirus, the architects needed to be creative. St. Satirus… Continue Reading →

Afield, Architectural History Churches, Historic Sites, Italy, Milan
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The Basilica and Postern Gate of Saint Ambrose, Milan

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

Update: See a church in St. Louis based off architecture such as St. Ambrose’s. Here is the church of St. Ambrose in St. Louis. Located on the southwestern edge of the historic core of Milan, the Basilica of Saint Ambrose… Continue Reading →

Afield, Architectural History Churches, Gates, Historic Sites, Italy, Milan
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Sant’Andrea Delle Fratte, Rome

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

One of my favorite architects is Francesco Borromini, and when I was in Rome, I sought out the church of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, famous for the architect’s designs for the campanile and tambour over the crossing. Try as I might,… Continue Reading →

Afield, Architectural History Churches, Italy, Rome
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Santo Stefano, Bologna, Italy

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

I had the opportunity to visit a truly spectacular religious and historic site in Bologna the last time I was in Italy, the Complex of St. Stephen, which is a series of seven churches meant to be a recreation of… Continue Reading →

Afield, Architectural History Bologna, Churches, Historic Sites, Italy

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