CONCORDIA'S MAP

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CONCORDIA'S MAP
THE BELL-TOWER
THE CATHEDRAL
THE EXCAVATIONS
THE BAPTISTRY
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CONCORDIA SAGITTARIA
AN IMPORTANT ROMAN COLONY, IULIA CONCORDIA, WAS
CREATED IN 42 B.C. IT WAS ELECTED EPISCOPAL SEAT
IN 389 A.C. THE FIRST EXCAVATIONS HAVE BEEN DONE
IN XX CENTURY AND THE MOST IMPORTANT FOUNDS ARE
THE BRIDGE,THE PALEOCRISTIANA CHURCH, OTHER
IMPORTANT FOUNDS ARE IN THE NATIONAL CONCORDIAS
MUSEUM OF PORTOGRUARO AND IN THE SAINT STEPHAN
CATHEDRAL SQUARE OR UNDER THE CHURCH.
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THE BARBARIC POPULATION IN CONCORDIA
IN THE III CENTURY, IULIA CONCORDIA WAS A
THRIVING CITY, WITH BEAUTIFUL LANSCAPES. THIS
ENVIROMENT CHANGED IN THE SAME YEAR WHEN ARRIVED
THE BARBARIC POPULATIONS INFACT THE POPULATION
ABANDONED LANDS BECAUSE THEY WERE INVADED FROM
THE WATERS. IN THE 401 A.C. ARRIVED THE
VISIGOTHIC POPULATION WITH ALARICO AND IN THE
405 A.C. ARRIVED OSTROGOTHIC POULATION. IN THE
SPRING OF 452 A.C. JULIA ALPS WERE CROSSED BY THE
HUN POPULATION WITH ATTILA. THE REIGN OF
LONGOBARDI DURED ABOUT 200 YEARS AND CONCORDIA
ENDURED THE INFLUENCE OF THEIR CULTURE WITHOUT TO
DETACH ITSELF FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE OF EAST.
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THE CATHEDRAL
IN THE X CENTURY WAS COSTRUCTED A NEW CATHEDRAL
DEDICATED TO SAINT STEPHAN. THE ARCHITECTURE IS
COMPOSE BY TWO AISLES AND SOME FRESCOS. INSIDE
THERE IS A LITTLE CONTEINER WITH A PARTICOULAR
LIQUID, THAT TRANSUDE RELICS OF THE MARTYRDOMS,
ITS OF THE LITTLE TREASURE OF THE CATHEDRAL. THE
BELL-TOWER WAS COSTRUCTED IN 1150 A.C.
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THE BAPTISTRY
IT WAS COSTRUCTED IN 1089 OR IN 1105 A.C. FROM
THE BISHOP OF CONCORDIA (HIS TOMB IS IN THE
RIGHT FLOOR OF THE ATRIUM). THE BAPTISTRY IS
DECORATE WITH A LOT OF FRESCOS (ANGELS, CHRIST,
EVANGELISTS WITH THEIR SYMBOLS, ETC).
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THE ARCHAEOLOGIC MUSEUM OF CONCORDIA
INSIDE THE MUSEUM THERE ARE THREE ROOMS -FIRST
HERE THERE ARE SOME DAILY OBJECTS
UTILIZED IN THE ANCIENT ROME ( I
CENTURY B.C.) -SECOND HERE WE CAN SEE SOME
FORMALITY OF ROMAN SEPULTURE
(THERE ARE A LOT OF STELAS,
URNS, ETC) -THIRD IN THE LAST ROOMS ARE KEEP
SOME FOUNDS ABOUT PALEOCRISTIANA
ART, LIKE SOME PANELS USED LIKE
ENCLOSURES FOR THE ALTARS, DECORE
WITH GEOMETRIC MOTIVES.
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TRICHORA
ITS ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS
IN VENETO. ITS A BUILD CONSTRUCTED IN THE SECOND
HALF OF IV CENTURY A.C. LIKE A MONUMENTAL TOMB TO
HONOUR THE RELICS OF THE MARTYRDOMS AFTER THAT
IT WILL BECOME A LITTLE BASILICA WITH COURTYARD
AND AN AREA WITH SARCOPHAGUSES.