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Santa Maria della Libera — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jul 15, 2020 06:48 AM

An eleventh century church near Aquinum built largely from spolia.

Santa Maria in Cosmedin — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 15, 2023 07:23 PM

A minor basilica church in Rome, Italy. Tradition holds that the church was founded in the sixth century to serve the Greek community at Rome. The beginnings of the present edifice lie in the eighth century.

Santa Maria in Portuno — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jul 28, 2024 07:47 AM

A vicus and villa of the Roman period that lay along a route connecting the Via Flaminia to the coast. Archaeological evidence for the production of ceramics and tiles has been identified. A Christian monastery is established in 1090.

Santa Maria Sopra Minerva — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 14, 2020 04:40 AM

A first century B.C. temple dedicated to Minerva by Gneus Caestius and Titus Caesius Priscus, who were two of the Assisi's quattuorviri. The temple was converted to the church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in 1539.

Santa Sabina — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jul 03, 2024 11:49 AM

A Christian basilica on the Aventine Hill in Rome was founded in the fourth century A.D. The church takes its name from a Christian martyr who was said to have lived on the Aventine. The church is the oldest extant Roman basilica structure that preserves its original plan in the city of Rome.

Santa Sofia — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jan 25, 2023 11:16 AM

A Longobard church in Benevento, Italy, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.

Santi Giovanni e Paolo — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Oct 12, 2024 07:57 PM

An ancient Christian basilica on the Caelian Hill in Rome that was built in AD 398 by will of a senator known as Pammachius. The basilica was located over the home of two Roman soldiers, John and Paul, who had been martyred under Julian in AD 362. The church was thus called the Titulus Pammachii.

Santi Quattro Coronati — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 31, 2023 08:06 PM

Santi Quattro Coronati is an early Christian basilica on Rome's Caelian Hill begun by Pope Miltiades in the fourth century A.D.

Santuario di Maria Santissima del Lattani — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 01, 2023 09:43 PM

A Marian sanctuary founded in 1430.

Santuario di Santa Maria di Barbana — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 04, 2021 05:23 PM

The Santuario di Barbana is an ancient Marian shrine that dates ca. 582. It is said that Elia, the Patriarch of Aquileia, built a church near the hut of a hermit from Treviso by the name of Barbanus.

Santuario di Santa Maria Regina di Anglona — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Aug 22, 2022 02:02 PM

A Marian sanctuary located on the hill of Anglona in the province of Matera, Italy, that originates in the eleventh century.

Saranta Ekklēsiai — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Feb 16, 2018 11:37 PM

A town in Eastern Thrace with signs of habitation dating from the Paleolithic period; it became a major city in European Turkey in the Ottoman period, and is now the capital of Kırklareli Province.

Sarıçam — by C. Foss — last modified Jul 15, 2024 04:52 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 E4 Sarıçam

Scarborough Castle — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 01, 2023 09:43 PM

The ruins of a medieval castle built ca. A.D. 1135 by William le Gros, Earl of Albemarle. Now an English Heritage site.

Sceilg Mhichíl — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 01, 2021 03:13 PM

A monastic complex on Skellig Michael established in the seventh century A.D. and enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

Segouiola — by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Nov 24, 2020 05:04 PM

Segouiola was an old Spanish village located in the west of the province of Sevilla during the kingdom of Alfonso X. Previously, the Arab population called it Boriauenzohar. Afterwards, this place assumed other names, including Torre del Guadiamar. Since the nineteenth century, Torre del Guadiamar county has been part of Benacazón.

Segovia — by E.W. Haley — last modified Sep 25, 2022 10:32 AM

Segovia, originally of Celtiberian origin, became a Roman settlement. It is perhaps the site where Metellus defeated Hirtuleius, the general of Sertorius, in 75 B.C.

Serpa — by Jr. — last modified Jan 31, 2018 11:58 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 C4 Serpa

Sextantio — by S. Loseby — last modified Aug 01, 2024 07:23 AM

Sextantio was a Celtic settlement at a ford on the Ledus fl. and later became a Gallo-Roman town.

Shahr-i Ghulghula — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 18, 2021 08:39 PM

A fortified Parthian-Sassanid city with extensive remains of mudbrick architecture.

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