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Construction of the Church began in 1063. Over centuries there were modifications and transformations. Some mosaics date from 1073, others from the 17th and 18th centuries, with the oldest on the façade, on the main portal. It is a great display of Byzantine splendor.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Christian church-builders certainly took the long view back then, with main construction durations often exceeding a century. Jesus couldn't return with all that enthusiastic erecting underway!