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San Francesco, Canicattì
San Francesco is a Baroque architecture, Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on near the railway station in the town of Canicattì, province of Agrigento, region of Sicily, Italy. History The church is attached to the ancient Convent of the Franciscans, suppressed after the annexation of Sicily to the Kingdom of Italy. The church was begun in 1554 at the site of an early Oratory, under the patronage of Baron Giovanni Battista Bonanno. In 1954 it was consecrated by Cardinal Ernesto Ruffini as a Shrine dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, patroness of the town. In 1906, the Convent was converted under the patronage of Baron Francesco Lombardo, into a nursing home for the elderly, with the designs drawn up by Ernesto Basile. The church was converted to parish church in 1963. The church facade has sandstone mouldings with stucco walls. The interior structure was built above a crypt, used as an ossuary by the Franciscans. The interior has a single nave once possessing 18th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroque Architecture
Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe. It was originally introduced by the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means to combat the Reformation and the Protestant church with a new architecture that inspired surprise and awe. It reached its peak in the High Baroque (1625–1675), when it was used in churches and palaces in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Bavaria and Austria. In the Late Baroque period (1675–1750), it reached as far as Russia and the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America. About 1730, an even more elaborately decorative variant called Rococo appeared and flourished in Central Europe. Baroque architects took the basic elements of Renaissance architecture, including domes and colonnades, and made them higher, grander, more decorated, and more dramatic. The interior effects were often achieved with the use of ''quadratura'', or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
