. The cities of Romagna and the Marches. e, and is now used as a sugarwarehouse. Standing on the ramparts in front of the Cathedral youmay see the whole harbour, moving in its appeal to theimagination, as such a thing always is with its curious criesand business and air of adventure, of hazard and view which gives you so much more than that, is, Isuppose, among the finest upon this coast, but not moreastonishing or really more beautiful than that of theCathedral behind you. This wonderful church is built in mixed Byzantine-Lombard style, in the form of a Greek cross under a twelve-
. The cities of Romagna and the Marches. e, and is now used as a sugarwarehouse. Standing on the ramparts in front of the Cathedral youmay see the whole harbour, moving in its appeal to theimagination, as such a thing always is with its curious criesand business and air of adventure, of hazard and view which gives you so much more than that, is, Isuppose, among the finest upon this coast, but not moreastonishing or really more beautiful than that of theCathedral behind you. This wonderful church is built in mixed Byzantine-Lombard style, in the form of a Greek cross under a twelve-sided dome, completed in 1189. The fagade, however, withits exquisite Gothic portico is attributed to Magheritoneof Arezzo. There is nothing lovelier in all the Pentapolisthan this glorious golden church standing so magnificentlyover the sea. It is said to occupy the site of the Temple ofVenus, of which Catullus speaks, and according to somewriters it actually contains ten of its columns. Within the church is a museum, and though it has. ANCONA AND OSIMO 159 suffered from restoration, much that is very lovely has beenleft to us. In the right transept, for instance, the pillarsstill retain their Byzantine capitals, and the choir screenshere date from the twelfth century. But it is in thesouthern crypt that most of what is very old will be amid twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenthcentury sculptures are many notable tombs: the sarcophagusof Flavins Gorgonius, Praetor of Ancona, sumptuouslydecorated with reliefs of Christ and the Apostles, andGorgonius and his wife kneeling at Our Lords feet, theAdoration of the Magi, the Baptism of Christ, the Sacrificeof Isaac, the Magi before Herod, and figures of Moses,David, and Goliath, and I know not what else. It datesfrom the fourth century, and is maybe the oldest thing inthe church, unless, indeed, that Roman bust close by isolder. Here, too, is the noble sarcophagus of S. Liberius. From the left transept, too, we ent
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