AQUILEIA
PATRIMONIO DELL'UMANITÀ
domenica 22 dicembre 2024
Bishop’s throne
1077 | Un nuovo ordinamento
Per concessione dell'imperatore Enrico IV, si costituisce il Principato Ecclesiastico di Aquileia.| La cattedra patriarcale, con decorazioni tipiche del IX secolo, Aquileia, Basilica Patriarcale di Santa Maria Assunta | Foto: © Gianluca Baronchelli
Per concessione dell'imperatore Enrico IV, si costituisce il Principato Ecclesiastico di Aquileia.| La cattedra patriarcale, con decorazioni tipiche del IX secolo, Aquileia, Basilica Patriarcale di Santa Maria Assunta | Foto: © Gianluca Baronchelli
At the center of the apse of the Basilica was the chair of the patriarchs of Aquileia, of which today only a few elegantly decorated marble steps remain.
On the elevations we can see some of the most popular figures and motifs in the ninth century: palmettes and eagles separated by knotted ribbons, intertwining that curiously ends in figures of animals, vases of luxuriant plants inhabited by doves.
On the elevations we can see some of the most popular figures and motifs in the ninth century: palmettes and eagles separated by knotted ribbons, intertwining that curiously ends in figures of animals, vases of luxuriant plants inhabited by doves.
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