ID: 700002014 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002014	Record Type: Built Work
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Old Saint Peter's Basilica (former structure; unknown architect; commissioned by Constantine I; constructed in 4th century, ra...)

Note: Construction began 318/322 by orders of Emperor Constantine I. It was a church of basilical form, having a wide nave and two aisles on each side, in the shape of a tau cross. In front of the entrance was a large colonnaded atrium. This church had been built over the small shrine believed to mark the burial place of St. Peter. It had fallen into disrepair while the papacy was located in Avignon; was razed as the new Saint Peter's Basilica was erected.

Titles:

Old Saint Peter's Basilica (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Old St. Peter's (C,U,English,U,U)

Antica basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Antigua Basílica de San Pedro (C,U,Spanish,U,U)

Basilica di Costantino (H,U,Italian,U,U)

Basílica Constantiniana (H,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

former structure [300386958] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

basilica (work by form) [300170443]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>)

cathedral (work by context) [300007501]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings, churches (buildings), <church buildings by location or context>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: constructed in 4th century, razed in 16th century

Creator Display:

unknown architect; commissioned by Constantine I [preferred,VP]

architects unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

patron Constantine I, Emperor of Rome (Roman emperor, 285-337 CE) [500115703]

Locations:

Santa Sede [7001168] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: masonry; basilica with tau-cross footprint

	masonry (building materials) [300015332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)

	basilican plan [300263215]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name), <attributes and properties by specific type>, form attributes, <form attributes for architecture>, building plan attributes)

	tau crosses [300010091]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs, crosses (motifs))

Dimensions: 103.6 meters long (340 feet)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Early Christian [300020665] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Early Christian-Byzantine styles| cultures| periods>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Saint Peter [901000056]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:

	predecessor of .... Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano [700000166] Old St. Peter's in use 4th-16th centuries
	..........basilicas (works by form); principal architects: Donato Bramante, Giacomo della Porta, ...; second church on the site; gro...; Rome (Roma, Lazio, Italia, Europe, World, Top of the TGN hie...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Old Saint Peter's Basilica	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	........ Krautheimer, Early Christian (1979)
	........ Fletcher, History of Architecture (1996)
Old St. Peter's	........ [VP]
	........ Krautheimer, Early Christian (1979)
	........ Fletcher, History of Architecture (1996)
Antica basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano	........ [VP]
	........ Millon and Smyth, Michelangelo Architect (1988)
Antigua Basílica de San Pedro	........ [VP]
	........ Millon and Smyth, Michelangelo Architect (1988)
Basilica di Costantino	........ [VP]
	........ Millon and Smyth, Michelangelo Architect (1988)
Basílica Constantiniana	........ [VP]
	........ Millon and Smyth, Michelangelo Architect (1988)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Krautheimer, Early Christian (1979)
	..... Fletcher, History of Architecture (1996)