Arch of Costantine. Rome. Italy Audiobook
Arch of Costantine. Rome. Italy Audiobook
- Karolina Starin
- Cities Heirs of Byzantium Non Profit Association ACEB
- 2017-03-03
- 0 h 17 min
Summary:
The audioguide tells the story, describes the architecture and reports interesting facts about the triumphal arch of Constantine, in Rome, between your Colosseum and the Palatine, and was created by the founder of Constantinople.
The three-hole arc was built in the years 312-315 to celebrate Constantine’s victory over Massenzio, in the battle fought at Milvio bridge, but also the tenth anniversary of the Emperor’s government. The arch of Constantine may be the latest of the three triumphal arches about Arch of Costantine. Rome. Italy making it through in Rome. To decorate it, new bas-reliefs were developed, but mostly ornamental burial elements were used, attracted from older monuments, probably demolished from the fires of 283 and 307 Advertisement.
The Arch of Constantine is like a huge book that shows us more than two centuries of Roman art.
This magnificent work of art has been preserved even today due to the fact that Constantine was considered the first Christian Emperor. It really is no coincidence that, in his commitment, his victory is shown as the fulfillment of God’s will. That is why the triumphal arch didn’t suffer the destiny of many pagan monuments, although there are traces of that culture. Before end of the 15th century the monument was analyzed and restored, several times.
In 1530 Lorenzino de Medici was expelled from Rome for daring to mutilate a number of the heads of the bas-reliefs. The mind were reintegrated just in the 18th hundred years. You can examine the 3D style of the chapel and observe its interior through the MuByz App. The audioguide has been made by experts in the field of history and artwork.