The Church of St. Giacomo is a small 15th century church in Vicovaro

Vicovaro

Vicovaro is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about 45 km northeast of Rome....

 above Tivoli, Italy

Tivoli, Italy

Tivoli , the classical Tibur, is an ancient Italian town in Lazio, about 30 km east-north-east of Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river where it issues from the Sabine hills...

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It was built by the Orsini family, the family coat of arms is carved above the door.
An early Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

 building, it is noted by architectural historians as an example of the transition from Gothic

Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....

 to Renaissance style. The octagonal church is regarded as an homage to the Dome of the Rock

Dome of the Rock

The Dome of the Rock is a shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. The structure has been refurbished many times since its initial completion in 691 CE at the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik...

, widely regarded in Europe in the late Middle Ages as reflecting the architecture of the Temple at Jerusalem.