Mausoleo di Costanza
The Mausoleum of Constantina—better known as the Mausoleo di Costanza or Santa Costanza—was built in the 4th century AD as a funerary monument for Constantina (also called Constantia or Costanza), the daughter of Emperor Constantine I, and she died in 354. It sits on the Via Nomentana, within the monumental complex of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura. After its imperial purpose, the mausoleum was converted into a church, and it was built over part of the earlier Catacombs of Saint Agnes, where the martyr Saint Agnes is believed to be buried. Even though the whole complex later fell into ruin, this circular, Late Antique structure originally featured an ambulatory surrounding a central dome, along with well-preserved mosaics in the vaults of the apses and ambulatory. …
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