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Santa Chiara (other)
Santa Chiara is Italian for Saint Clare, and may refer to: Churches * Basilica di Santa Chiara, in Assisi * Monastero di Santa Chiara, a church in San Marino * Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara, a church in Rome * Santa Chiara, Bra, a church in Bra, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy * Santa Chiara, Camerino, a church and monastery in Camerino, Macerata, Marche, Italy * Santa Chiara, Carpi, in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy * Santa Chiara, Correggio, a church and convent in Correggio, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy * Santa Chiara, Fanano, a church and convent in Fanano, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy * Santa Chiara, Naples, a religious complex in Naples, Italy * Santa Chiara all'Albergaria, a monastery and church in Palermo, Italy * Santa Chiara, Pieve di Cento, a church in Pieve di Cento, Emilia-Romagna, Italy * Santa Chiara, Pisa, a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy * Santa Chiara, Rimini, a church in Rimini, Italy * Santa Chiara, Rome, a church in Rome, Italy * Santa Chiara, Sansepolcro, a former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Pieve Di Cento
Santa Chiara is a Baroque architecture, Baroque style, Roman Catholic church or chapel constructed as part of the former Convent of the Clarissan nuns in Pieve di Cento, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The church was erected during 1633–1645, though much of the decoration of the ceilings and altar date to the late 18th century. The main altarpiece depicts ''Saints Francis, Anthony of Padua, and Agnes, with the Madonna and Child, granting the monastic robe to St Clair'' (1655-1657) was completed by Benedetto Gennari, grandson of Guercino. Below the painting is a metal grating that linked to the church to a chapel inside the cloistered convent, from where the nuns could attend to the service without exiting. The altar has a panel in scagliola depicting an event in the ''Life of St Clair'', where armed with the eucharist, she deters the Saracen looters assaulting the monastery of San Damiano, Assisi. The church organ was constructed by Carlo Traeri in 1687. In 2014, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santi Cosma E Damiano, Alcamo
Santi Cosma e Damiano (or ''Santa Chiara'') is a Roman Catholic church in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. This Baroque church was built around 1500 after the plan of Giuseppe Mariani and rebuilt between 1721 and 1725. Description The church has one nave and presents a tambour which inside repeats the shape of the main body with a hexagonal plan, while the chapels are delimited by some pillars in Corinthian style. Thanks to its restyling probably inspired by the Roman church of Saint Ives alla Sapienza by the architect Francesco Borromini, it became in 1725 an example of the most beautiful Sicilian baroque. Santa Chiara's nunnery Adjoining the church is Saint Clare's nunnery and it was annexed during the years 1545-1547. In 1545 three noble sisters (Antonina, Angela and Alberta Mompilieri), together with some devout women founded a convent of Poor Clares and were assigned the adjoining church of the Saints Cosma and Damiano's Church. Owin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Urbania
Santa Chiara is a former Roman Catholic church and convent in the urban center Urbania, region of Marche, Italy. A convent of Clarissan nuns still exists outside of the town. History A Clarissan community was putatively located here by nuns from San Damiano in Assisi in the 13th century. The structure dates to the reconstruction of the town after 1277, and was consecrated by 1339. The complex was refurbished in 1623–1626, with the patronage of Francesco Maria II della Rovere but with some interruptions has held Clarissan nuns until 1975. The initial architect is said to have been Girolamo Genga. This part of the convent now functions as the Istituto Tecnico Commerciale per Geometri “Francesco Maria II Della Rovere”. The convent has frescoes by Giorgio Picchi. The main altar houses a ''Madonna and Child with Saints'' (1629) by Girolamo Cialdieri. In the church are frescoes by Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, Luzio Dolci and Giustino Episcopio. It also contains an altarpiece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Turin
The Church of Saint Clare () is a Roman Catholic place of worship located in the city of Turin, Italy. History Originally a gothic monastery belonging to the Order of the Poor Clares built in the 13th century, Saint Clare was rebuilt and repurposed as a church, of an overall smaller size, in a baroque style, between 1742 and 1745 under the direction of architect Bernardo Antonio Vittone, himself brother of two nuns of the Order. The Poor Clares would continue to reside in the church until 1814, when they were transferred to Carignano Carignano may refer to: Places * Carignano, Piedmont, a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy * Palazzo Carignano, a historical building in the centre of Turin, Italy * Teatro Carignano, a theatre in Turin, Italy People * Hou .... References 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Roman Catholic churches completed in 1745 1745 establishments in Italy Roman Catholic churches in Turin Baroque archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Treia
Santa Chiara is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Piazza Cervigni in the town of Treia, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. History The church of Santa Chiara was assigned to a Capuchin order of nuns. In 1710, the church was refurbished by Romolo Broglio. The convent was suppressed by the Napoleonic government, and the convent became a textile mill Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods .... The Church was transferred ultimately to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. The church has an octagonal layout. The interiors are sheltered by a decorated ceiling. The main altar has an elaborate gilded frame for a small wooden statue of the Madonna of Loreto. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Sansepolcro
Santa Chiara, formerly ''Sant'Agostino'' is a former, Roman Catholic church located in Piazza Santa Chiara in Sansepolcro, province of Arezzo, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church now hosts cultural events. The artwork of the church has been moved to various museums. The church is near to the church of San Lorenzo. History An Augustinian convent was present her by the 14th century, but transferred in 1555 to nuns of the Clarissan order, who changed the name to ''Santa Chiara''. The church's exterior and polygonal apse retain the Romanesque layout from 1281. In the 18th-century, the interior was refurbished with baroque stucco decoration. Among the remaining artwork in the church are a ''Sant’Andrea'' fresco by Cherubino Alberti at the third altar, and a 16th-century fresco of the ''Assumption of the Virgin'' on the main altar. The fresco depicting ''San Giuliano'' (1455) by Piero della Francesca Piero della Francesca (, also , ; – 12 October 1492), originally named Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Rome
Santa Chiara is a church in the rione Pigna, formerly the Campus Martius area of Rome dedicated to Saint Clare of Assisi. It is located at the corner of via Santa Chiara and via di Torre Argentina (where this street becomes via della Rotonda). It is about a block south of the Pantheon, at the piazza Santa Chiara. It was founded by Saint Charles Borromeo, who built a Franciscan convent (now used by the Pontifical French Seminary) and the church within the ruins of the Baths of Agrippa in 1592. It was restored in 1627, but at some later point the roof collapsed and it was abandoned. In 1883, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit acquired the property, and rebuilt the church, giving it a new facade designed by Luca Carimini in 1888. On the lower of the two levels, the main door is framed by two columns holding a semicircular tympanum with a decorated lunette. To the sides are niches with triangular tympanums, surmounted by circular windows. On the upper level there are seven windows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Rimini
Santa Chiara also known as the '' Santuario Madonna della Misericordia'' or ''Sanctuary of the Mater Misericordia'' is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located in via Santa Chiara #28 in Rimini, Italy. The church is best known for housing a venerated icon of the Madonna that has putatively moved its eyes for many believers. History A church at the site was present by the 14th-century, the church was attached to the Convent of the Poor Clares, which was refurbished in Neoclassical style in 1852, with the interior decoration continuing till 1875 under Bilancioni and Ravegnani. The main altarpiece is the venerated ''Madonna'' (1796) painted by Giuseppe Soleri Brancaleoni. On 11-12 May 1850, the eyes on this painting were seen to move skyward; the miracle was observed by many. The painting is now housed in a frame of gilded wood with angels holding a cornice of valuable stones and metals, donated to the church by August 1850 by Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Pisa
Santa Chiara is a Roman Catholic church in Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy, a few paces away from the Piazza dei Miracoli. History Originally called the church of ''Santo Spirito'', it was reconstructed in 1227 as the chapel for the adjacent hospital of Santa Chiara (St Clare), later called ''Spedale Nuovo di Santo Spirito''. The portal fresco of ''Madonna and child with Saints Clare and Francis'' dates to the 17th century. One of the relics contained in this church is a supposed spine from the Crown of thorns worn by Christ at the passion, and once held at the church of Santa Maria della Spina. It also contains a 15th-16th century wooden ''Crucifix'' and a marble ''Annunciation'' (1567) by Stoldo Lorenzi. {{Authority control 13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Chiara Chiara is a word and place name of Italian origin, meaning "bright" or "clear", and may refer to: People * Chiara (name) * Chiara da Montefalco, (1268–1308), an Augustinian nun and abbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara All'Albergaria
Santa Chiara all'Albergaria refers to a church and former monastery located in piazza Santa Chiara, in the quarter of Albergaria in the city of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. The church is located near the busy outdoor Ballarò marketplace. History The monastery was built atop the remains of the ruins of the Carthaginian walls of the ancient town. In 1344, during the Aragonese rule of Sicily, under the patronage of Matteo Sclafani, count of Sclafani and Adernò, a church for Clarissan nuns was built adjacent to their cloistered monastery. The church underwent a major refurbishment in 1678. In 1919, the convent was granted to the Salesian order. The church was heavily damaged during the Allied bombardment of Palermo in 1943. Prior to the bombardment, the facade was a rich baroque front designed by Paolo Amato and was decorated with Solomonic columns and a statue of St Clare of Assisi. The present facade utilized the portal of the former church of the Madonna delle Grazie de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Clare (other)
Saint Clare may refer to: People *Clare of Assisi, Saint Clare of Assisi (1194–1253), the founder of the Poor Clares and companion of Saint Francis of Assisi *Saint Clare of Montefalco (1268–1308), the Italian abbess also called Saint Clare of the Cross Other uses *MV St Clare, MV ''St Clare'', a car ferry operating between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, England *St. Clare Castle, a mansion in Appley on the Isle of Wight, England *St. Clare's (series), a series of children's books by Enid Blyton *St. Clare Entertainment, an American television production company See also *St. Clare's (other) *St. Clare's Church (other) *St. Clare's Convent (other) *St. Clare's Hospital (other) *St. Clare's Monastery (other) *St Clare's School (other) *St Clears, Carmarthenshire, Wales *Saint Clair (other) *St. Claire (other) *Santa Chiara (other) *Santa Clara (other) {{disambig, tndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
