When1: 333
What: architect
Where: Rome, Italy
works\ St. Peter's Cathedral [333: Constantine style church]
Detail: On site of Nero's amphitheater, Constantine built small church with long nave and long side aisles and with windows separated by columns. Apse with altar was at one end. Atrium was at other end. Narthex was between atrium and nave. Transept was between apse and nave. Roof was wood. Outside was brick or mortar. Inside walls were marble. Inside had colored stone pieces, small colored-glass-cube tesserae, and glazed clay mosaics embedded in plaster or cement.
Much later, pope crowned Charlemagne and other kings there.
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