Santa Cecilia In Trastevere Mosaic
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.
Santa cecilia in trastevere mosaic. Nearly 900 years later Santa Maria in Trasteveres apse mosaic remains one of the absolute high-points of the medieval mosaicists art. The exact meaning of the beautiful mosaic on the facade of the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere has long been a puzzle. Above a hand symbolizing the Father.
Ad Compare Top Properties. In the first millenium most full-length images of Christ in Majesty have him on a throne but here he stands like the other figures. The church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is reputedly built on the site of the house in which she lived.
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Paschal I appears in the mosaic in the apse carrying a model of his church. The first church on this site was founded probably in the 3rd century by Pope Urban I. Fine mosaics at Villa Armerina in Sicily - the Bikini Girls.
Wi-Fi Private Pool AC More. It depicts a standing figure of Christ in the center on the right stand St. The Apse Mosaic at Santa Maria in Trastevere.
Detail the central portraits. The mosaics in Santa Cecilia in Trastevere date back to the reign of Pope Paschal I r. 817-24 who built the church to house the remains of St Cecilia and her husband St Valerius.