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BOLOGNA – Crypt of the Abbot Martin – Abbazia di Santo StefanoThe Crypt of Abbot Martin is located in Church of the Saints Vitale and Agricola. It is the oldest church of the Abbazia Di Santo Stefano. This basilica-shaped church, without a transept, with a salient façade and triconca apse, is dedicated t [...]
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BOLOGNA – The Fontana di Pilato – Abbazia di Santo StefanoChurch of the Holy Sepulchre dates back to the fifth century, built by the bishop Petronius as a simulacrum of the Constantinian Sepulcher of Jerusalem and rebuilt at the beginning of the eleventh century by Benedictine monks after it was heav [...]
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BOLOGNA – Abbazia di Santo StefanoThe Basilica di Santo Stefano, also known as Sette Chiese (Seven Churches), is the most peculiar in Bologna. Its origins are still debated: according to some, it was built in 430 when the Bishop (who later became the Patron Saint of Bologna) d [...]
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