Sacello di San Zenone, Ninth-century chapel in Basilica of Santa Prassede, Rome, Italy.
The Sacello di San Zenone chapel contains extensive mosaic decorations covering walls and ceilings with golden backgrounds and religious figures.
Pope Paschal I commissioned this chapel in the ninth century as a burial chamber for his mother Theodora, incorporating it into Santa Prassede.
The interior mosaics display Byzantine art techniques with precisely cut tiles forming images of Christ Pantocrator, angels, and female saints.
Visitors can illuminate the chapel mosaics by inserting one Euro into a designated meter near the entrance.
The chapel contains a reliquary holding a column, transported from Jerusalem in 1223, which tradition associates with Jesus's flagellation.
Location: Rome
GPS coordinates: 41.89643,12.49865
Latest update: March 4, 2025 11:05
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