THE BAPTISTRY

THE EXCAVATIONS

THE BELL-TOWER

THE CATHEDRAL

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 CONCORDIA’S MUSEUM OF PORTOGRUARO AND IN THE SAINT STEPHAN CATHEDRAL SQUARE OR UNDER THE CHURCH.

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.

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, IT’S OF THE LITTLE TREASURE OF THE CATHEDRAL.

THE BELL-TOWER WAS COSTRUCTED IN 1150 A.C.

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…).

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.

IT’S ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS IN VENETO.

IT‘S 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.