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Sant'Antonio, Vaglio Basilicata
Sant'Antonio is a church and convent in Vaglio Basilicata, province of Potenza, region of Basilicata, Italy. History This convent, dedicated to Anthony the Great, St Anthony Abbot, was erected by the 16th century by the Franciscan order. The architecture is simple, but the interior has an elaborate polychrome wood altar with a 17th-century polyptych depicting ''St Michael Archangel, St Vitus, and the Annunciation'' by Francesco Paterno da Buccino, as well as statues of St Antony Abbot, St Leonardo, and St Francis of Paola. The church has six wooden side altars. The second altar on the right has a canvas depicting the ''Holy Family and St Anne'' (1663) by Francesco Paterno of Buccino. The first altar on the right has a 17th-century fresco by Girolamo Todisco, depicting the ''Madonna and Child with St Anne''. One of the lateral altars has three 17th-century statues depicting ''St Francis of Assisi, St Apollonia, and St Lucy''. The next altar has a statue of the ''Immaculate Conceptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaglio Basilicata
Vaglio Basilicata is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Albano di Lucania, Brindisi Montagna, Cancellara, Pietragalla, Potenza, Tolve and Tricarico. It is home to the Museo delle Antiche Genti di Lucania (Museum of the Ancient People of Lucania), which houses the Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, an alleged portrait of Leonardo da Vinci discovered in 2008. Also in the municipal territory is Archaeological Park "Serra di Vaglio", with remains of a Lucan town (including several princely tombs) from the 5th-3rd centuries BC. At Rossano di Vaglio are the remains of the federal sanctuary of the Lucani (used from the 5th century BC onwards) and dedicated to the goddess Mefitis. Reconstructions of the settlement and the sanctuary are in the Museo delle Antiche Genti, while most of the material excavated are in the Museo archeologico nazionale della Basilicata at Potenza Potenza (, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |