Tuesday, November 5, 2013

CATACOMB OF PRAETEXTATUS

CATACOMBA DI PRETESTATO
Late second century AD with burial area on the surface first pagan and later Christian with various tombs of martyrs
Grand central gallery SPELUNCA MAGNA which was probably originally a large cistern
CUBICLE OF THE "CORONATIO" with rare depiction of "The Crowning with Thorns" and painting of the fourth century "Susanna and the Elders" in allegorical guise of sheep and wolves

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