Basilica of Saints Felix and Fortunatus. Vicenza. Italy Audiobook (Free)

The audioguide tells the story, identifies the architecture and presents interesting factual statements about the basilica of the Saints Felice and Fortunato, a paleo-Christian monument of history that is rooted in the ancient history of the Roman Empire.

Much proof the Roman presence was within the territory of the church, during numerous excavations. A few of these finds are kept in the Civic Museum of Vicenza and the various other in the Basilica Museum. Among the most significant finds are the Petronio about Basilica of Saints Felix and Fortunatus. Vicenza. Italy Stele with an inscription and unbisselion (two-person chair) and a priestly and masterly scroll. Another interested find may be the sacred altar of Venus, within the masonry of the martyrion from the basilica. The cathedral is focused on the brothers Felice and Fortunato, the vicentini martyrs, decapitated in Aquileia, in the days of Diocletian’s persecution.

One of the oldest & most important basilica sites may be the Martyrion. In the bottom of the right nave may be the entrance to this chapel focused on Sancta Maria Mater Domini. It was built in memory and in honor of the Saints Felice and Fortunato, but there’s also relics of other saints.

Just some fragments of mosaic have been preserved, generally in the northwestern area of the church. In them there is the symbolism of the images as well as the religious grain that characterizes the mosaics from the grandiose Paleochristian basilicas. The best preserved mosaic structure is usually that of the winged lion, symbolic from the evangelist Marco. For the north aspect, there may be the representation of a saint on a golden history. The grandiose representation of the sky vault, in the dome, presents the same iconography. You are able to examine the 3D model of the church and observe its interior through the MuByz App. The audioguide continues to be made by specialists in the field of history and artwork.