Santa Maria in Castello is a
Romanesque-style,
Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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church located on Via di Porta Castello #35 in
Tarquinia
Tarquinia (), formerly Corneto, is an old city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Central Italy, known chiefly for its ancient Etruscan tombs in the widespread necropoleis, or cemeteries, for which it was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status. ...
,
province of Viterbo
Viterbo ( it, provincia di Viterbo) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Viterbo.
Geography
Viterbo is the most northerly of the provinces of Lazio. It is bordered to the south by the Metropolitan City of Rome C ...
, region of
Lazio
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, Italy.
This church was built in 1121- 1208 atop the earlier Chapel of ''Santa Maria ad rupes''. It served as Cathedral until 1435, when the role was assigned to the
Tarquinia Cathedral
Tarquinia Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Tarquinia; Concattedrale dei Santi Margherita e Martino) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a co ...
. The church fell into disrepair, and underwent restorations.
It has a cosmatesque decoration and a polygonal baptismal font. The presbytery has a
ciborium. The façade has three portals and a Lombard-style oculus. The church naves ended in three apses.
Comune of Taquinia
Ufficio Informazioni Accoglienza Turistica, 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 control, were an extension of earlier Roman architecture. The domed church architecture of Italy from the sixth to the eighth centuries followed that of the ...
References
Romanesque architecture in Lazio
13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Churches completed in 1208
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