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San Sebastiano Martire, Guardia Sanframondi
San Sebastiano Martire is a Roman Catholic church located in Rione Croce of the town of Guardia Sanframondi, province of Benevento, region of Campania, Italy. History The small church was first erected in 1515, but the present church, with a single nave and austere exterior date to the 18th century. The main portal derives from the 16th century. The small church has four lateral altars. The main altar (1729) is made from polychrome marble and decorated with stucco putti. Design of wall and altar decorations were commissioned from the architect and sculptor Domenico Antonio Vaccaro. The ceiling frescoes and canvases were completed by Paolo De Matteis. In the main nave, he depicted the ''Glory of the Virgin of the Assumption''. In the surrounding paintings are the four evangelists and the seven moral virtues: from the left, Justice, Mansuetudine (gentleness), Courage, Prudence, Faith, Hope, and Charity. Other canvases depict St Jerome, St Agnes, the Holy Family, and La Pietà . Beside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic
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Guardia Sanframondi
Guardia Sanframondi is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Benevento, in Campania region, in Italy. It is best known for its wine production, the wine festival ''Vinalia'' and for its Christian penitential rite held every seven years. Geography Guardia Sanframondi is distant 28 km from Benevento, its provincial capital. It comes as a characteristic medieval town dominating the entire Telesina Valley. The town is situated on the slopes of a mountain called Toppo Capomandro and it is very close to the river Calore, which runs through the nearby Telesina Valley. The upper areas of the town are characterized by conifer and oak woods, whereas the foot of the town are dominated by vast green expanses of vineyards and olive groves. Guardia boasts a majestic medieval castle, from which it is possible to admire the vast Telesina Valley. Most of the historical center is accessible only by foot through narrow, stone, stepped streets and walkways. Much of the old town, where peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campania
Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the island of Capri. The capital of the Campania region is Naples. As of 2018, the region had a population of around 5,820,000 people, making it Italy's third most populous region, and, with an area of , its most densely populated region. Based on its Gross domestic product, GDP, Campania is also the most economically productive region in southern Italy List of Italian regions by GDP, and the 7th most productive in the whole country. Naples' urban area, which is in Campania, is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth most populous in the European Union. The region is home to 10 of the 58 List of World Heritage Sites in Italy, UNESCO sites in Italy, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Amalfi Coast and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Antonio Vaccaro
Domenico Antonio Vaccaro (June 3, 1678 РJune 13, 1745) was an Italian painter, sculptor and architect. He created many important sculptural and architectural projects in Naples. His later works are executed in an individualistic Rococo style.Alexander Kader and Antonia Bostr̦m. "Vaccaro." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 7 Jun. 2016 Life Domenico Antonio Vaccaro was born in Naples as the son of Lorenzo Vaccaro. His father Lorenzo was a pupil of Cosimo Fanzago. Domenico Antonio Vaccaro first studied under his father. He subsequently trained in the workshop of Francesco Solimena. He initially dedicated himself to painting but from around 1707 he appears to have practised almost exclusively as a sculptor and architect. In the 1730s he resumed painting. Works of interest include a statue of ''Moses'' in the church of San Ferdinando, interior work at the Chiesa di Santa Maria in Portico, and the statues of ''Penitence'' and ''Solitude' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo De Matteis
Paolo de Matteis (also known as ''Paolo de' Matteis''; 9 February 1662 – 26 January 1728) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Piano Vetrale, a hamlet of Orria, in the current Province of Salerno, and died in Naples. He trained with Francesco di Maria in Naples, then with Luca Giordano. He served in the employ of the Spanish Viceroy of Naples. From 1702 to 1705, de' Matteis worked in Paris, Calabria, and Genoa. In Genoa, he painted an ''Immaculate Conception with St. Jerome Appearing to St. Sevrio''. Returning to Naples, he painted decorative schemes for Neapolitan churches, including the vault of the chapel of San Ignatius in the church of Gesù Nuovo in Naples. He also painted an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for the Abbey at Monte Cassino. Between 1723 and 1725, de' Matteis lived in Rome, where he received a commission from Pope Innocent XIII. He had as pupils Filippo Falciatore, Francesco Peresi, and members of the Sarnelli family including Francesco, Gennaro, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church In Italy
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Churches In The Province Of Benevento
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