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San Salvatore, Brescia

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419: 443: 492: 407: 431: 542: 458: 504: 477: 36: 516: 566: 554: 157: 340:. The central pillar supporting the vault of the ground floor uses a Roman altar to the Sun as its base - while there are other examples of Roman stonework being recycled in the building of this structure it may be that this particular case was intentional as the writing is displayed in its correct orientation (unlike at least one example on the outside south wall of the structure). The second floor is decorated with scenes of the life of 164: 317:, dating from around the 9th century. It has a nave and two apses and is located over a pre-existing church, which had a single nave and three apses, and in turn was built over a Roman edifice dating from the 1st century BC, destroyed in the 5th century AD. The bell tower, built in the 13th-14th century, has frescoes by 1204: 300:
invasion of Lombardy and turned into barracks. It remained in poor condition until 1882, when it became a Museum of the Christian Age; the decay was however not totally halted before 1966, with a general restoration and the creation of a new Museum of Santa Giulia.
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style, and the oratory of Santa Maria in Solario was erected. In the 15th century, all the structures were again restored and a dormitory was added. In 1599 the church of Santa Giulia was finished.
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visited this monastery when he went to Rome in the 850s. He later founded his own monastery for nuns at
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to Roman times, with some very interesting Iron Age pieces. Among them are the 4th-century ivory
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age. The presbytery (converted in the 16th century) is a former nuns' choir built in 1466.
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The Santa Giulia (left) and San Salvatore churches in the Santa Giulia museal complex.
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Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
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Studies in the Early History of Shaftesbury Abbey. Dorset County Council, 1999
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The monumental area with the monastic complex of San Salvatore-Santa Giulia
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In the 12th century most of the edifices were rebuilt or restored in the
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Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale
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San Salvatore was founded in 753 by Desiderius, future king of the
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Museum and former monastery in Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy
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The monastery is traditionally considered the place where
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Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries
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Domus dell'Ortaglia, remains of a group of ancient Roman
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becoming the first abbess. After the Lombard defeat by
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Also visible in the complex are some Roman houses (
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Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568-774 A.D.)
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UNESCO World Heritage Site

Location
Brescia
Italy
Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568–774 AD)
Criteria
1318-002
Session
Coordinates
45°32′23″N 10°13′41″E / 45.539852777814°N 10.228133333342°E / 45.539852777814; 10.228133333342
San Salvatore, Brescia is located in Italy
monastery
Brescia
Lombardy
Italy
Roman
pre-Romanesque
Romanesque
Renaissance
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568-774 A.D.)
Desiderata
Charlemagne
Desiderius
Lombards
Ansa
Anselperga
Charlemagne
Alfred the Great

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