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[Ruine dell'antico Tempio dei SS. Pietro e Marcellino in oggi detto Torpignatara] |
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Ruine dell’antico Tempio dei SS. Pietro e Marcellino |
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Cappella dei detti SS. E stanze del Cappellano |
Located on Via Casilina, about 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) from Porta Maggiore, Plate 7, the ruins (1) depicted here were thought to be the Mausoleum of S. Elena, mother of the emperor Constantine (312-337). Vasi refers to it as the Tempio de' SS. Pietro e Marcellino, tempio in this case meaning "church," a common usage at the time. It is clearly an ancient mausoleum dating from the late empire. The amphorae incorporated into the concrete vaults were used to lighten the masonry, and were commonly referred to as pignatte in Italian, hence Vasi's contemporary appellation of Torpignatara (the modern Tor Pignattara). The chapel dedicated to the two saints (2) was built within the ruins in the early medieval period. This print is on the page facing the view of the baroque church of SS. Pietro e Marcellino on Via Merulana, Plate 50.
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