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Basilica di San Lorenzo

TIME : 2016/2/18 20:51:42

It's difficult not to be bowled over by this oft-ignored hotchpotch jumble of towers, lodges, apses and domes. In spite of appearances, it really is the one basilica. At its heart is an early-Christian circular structure with three adjoining octagonal chapels, dating to the 4th century. What's left of a Romanesque atrium leads to the heart of the church and before it stand 16 Roman columns, now a primary hangout for kissing teens.