ID: 700001272 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001272	Record Type: Built Work
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Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano (basilica; under control of Constantine I (Roman emperor, 285-337 CE), ...; consecrated ca. 313 BCE, rebui...)

Note: Founded by Constantine in the 4th century, it was the first Christian basillica constructed in Rome. The original five-aisled church dates from 314-1318 CE, and has been destroyed and rebuilt severeal times, most notably by Borromini in the 17th century.

Titles:

Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano (preferred,C,U,LC,Italian,,,English,L,N)

Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (C,U,Italian,,)

Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (C,U,English,,)

Basilique St Jean de Latran (C,U,undetermined,,)

San Giovanni in Laterano (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Basilica del Laterano (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Basilica Salvatoris (C,U,undetermined,,)

Saint John Lateran (C,U,English,,)

St. John’s in the Lateran (C,U,English,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

basilica (work by form) [300170443] (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 form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: consecrated ca. 313 BCE, rebuillt 1586 and 1734-1736

Creator Display:

under control of Constantine I (Roman emperor, 285-337 CE), exterior remodelled by Domenico Fontana (Italian architect, 1543-1607) and Alessandro Galilei (Italian architect and engineer, born 1691, died 1736 or 1737); interior remodelled by Francesco Borromini (Italian architect, 1599-1667) [preferred,VP]

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

architect Fontana, Domenico (Italian architect, 1543-1607) Extent: restoration [500022415]

architect Borromini, Francesco (Italian architect, 1599-1667) Extent: restoration [500028306]

architect Galilei, Alessandro (Italian architect and engineer, born 1691, died 1736 or 1737) Extent: restoration [500025338]

Locations:

Roma [7000874] (Geographic)

Address Note: 41°53′9.26″N 12°30′22.16″E

Display Materials: marble, granite , and cement

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

	granite (rock) [300011183]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by composition>, <igneous rock by composition: chemical>, acid igneous rock)

	cement (construction material) [300010362]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

Dimensions: 130 m x 130 m x 65 m

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Roman

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Baroque [300021147] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Saint John the Baptist [901001056]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 83019332 ; accessed 16 May 2016
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Archbasilica of St. John Lateran	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Basilique St Jean de Latran	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
San Giovanni in Laterano	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Basilica del Laterano	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Basilica Salvatoris	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Saint John Lateran	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
St. John’s in the Lateran	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987) 273

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987) 272
	..... Blue Guide: Rome (1989)