San Salvatore is a
Romanesque-style,
Roman Catholic
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church in
Terni
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, region of
Umbria
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, in
Italy
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.
History
The present layout of the church at the site was set in the 12th century, but portions are possibly much older. Excavations have also uncovered the base of Roman structures below. The layout is unusual due to its circular
presbytery. Chapels were added in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Comune of Terni
entry on church.
See also
* History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes
The early domes of the Middle Ages, particularly in those areas recently under Byzantine Empire, Byzantine control, were an extension of earlier Roman architecture. The domed church architecture of Italy from the sixth to the eighth centuries fol ...
References
12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Salvatore
Romanesque architecture in Terni
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