Basilica of Saints Bonifacio and Alessio

The Basilica of Saints Boniface and Alexis was built between the 4th and 5th centuries. In 1216, Pope Honorius III (1216-1227) ordered the reconstruction of the complex; the restoration of 1582 was followed by the reconstruction of Tommaso De Marchis in the 1750s and the reconstruction by Somaschi from 1852 to 1860. The modern church retains elements from all these periods. The bell tower is Romanesque, some columns from the church of Honorius are present in the eastern apse of the modern church, the portico is medieval; the 16th-century façade, reworked by De Marchis, highlights the medieval portico.

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