Site Details

Brindisi, San Giovanni al Sepolcro


 

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Description Circular floor plan supported by eight central columns with arches connecting them to the semi-columns on the perimeter wall. On the internal walls, the remains of frescoes depicting the life of Christ and saints, date back to the 13th-15th century. The north main entrance is through a small porch supported by two columns with lions at their base.
Type Church
Style/Culture
Period
Notes Roman spolia: interior marble columns. The church lies on the foundations of a Roman domus: its floor mosaics were revealed during the 1993 excavation.