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Cloister of the Basilica of Santo Stefano Piazza Santo Stefano Bologna, June 2015 �The focus of scholarly discussion has been for many years the supposed similarity between the so-called �New Jerusalem� rebuilt here, according to a vita written in 1180, by Saint Petronius in the 5th century, and the largely lost 4th-century complex erected by Constantine the Great at the purported site of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Unfortunately the archaeological evidence from Bologna dates primarily to the 11th and 12th centuries, leaving the question about an earlier date still unanswered (at least until 1981). On the other hand, archaeology has meanwhile delivered many answers regarding the Constantinian church complex from Jerusalem, therefore the main interest presented by the 12th-century parts of the Church of Santo Stefano might much rather be their similarity to the almost contemporary Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulchre from Jerusalem, of which not all parts are preserved.�...

Monumental marble well in the courtyard Santuario di Santa Caterina (Shrine of Saint Catherine) Costa di SantAntonio Siena, April 2017 �The Shrine of Saint Catherine occupies the site of Catherines family home, where she was born in 1347 and where she lived her austere early life as a Dominican affiliate. The house has been much adapted; it is now a series of chapels dedicated to the beloved saint. The monumental marble well in the courtyard dates to the 15th or 16th century.� ( Shrine of St. Catherine , Sacred Destinations)

Monumental marble well in the courtyard Santuario di Santa Caterina (Shrine of Saint Catherine) Costa di Sant'Antonio Siena, April 2017 �The Shrine of Saint Catherine occupies the site of Catherine's family home, where she was born in 1347 and where she lived her austere early life as a Dominican affiliate. The house has been much adapted; it is now a series of chapels dedicated to the beloved saint. The monumental marble well in the courtyard dates to the 15th or 16th century.� ( Shrine of St. Catherine , Sacred Destinations)