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San Bernardino Da Siena, Carpi
San Bernardino da Siena and the adjacent Capuchin order Monastery are a Roman Catholic, Baroque style church and convent respectively, located on Via Trento Trieste 20 in central Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. San Bernardino da Siena is the patron saint of Carpi. History The church was built in 1604 under the auspices of a confraternity, and was adorned with masterworks such as canvases by Marco Meloni, Ludovico Carracci, and Guercino, all of which are now substituted by copies, the originals in the Galleria Estense. However the original 18th-century altar with a reliquary bust (1857) of the title saint (by Giovanni Belleza), and smaller altarpieces remain including a ''Martyrdom of St Lawrence'' by Jacopo Palma il Giovane, a ''San Carlo Borromeo'' by Carlo Procaccini, and a canvas by Stefano Lemmi. The reliquary bust was donated in gratitude for passing of a cholera epidemic. The church was damaged by the 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes, and reopened in March 2014 after a restora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galleria Estense
The Galleria Estense is an art gallery in the heart of Modena, centred around the collection of the d’Este family: rulers of Modena, Ferrara and Reggio from 1289 to 1796. Located on the top floor of the ''Palazzo dei Musei'', on the St. Augustine square, the museum showcases a vast array of works ranging from fresco and oil painting to marble, polychrome and terracotta sculpture; musical instruments; numismatics; curios and decorative antiques. It was publicly established in 1854 by the last duke Francesco V of Austria-Este, and was relocated in 1894 to its current situation from the Palazzo Ducale. Since 2014, the Gallery has formed a part the Gallerie Estensi, an independent complex of museums merging the Estense University library, and the Lapidary Museum in Modena, the Palazzo Ducale in Sassuolo and the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Ferrara. Together, they reflect the progressing tastes of an Italian court of nobility. Description The Estense Gallery consists of sixteen ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1604 Establishments In Italy
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