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Tempietto Del Petrarca, Canossa
Tempietto del Petrarca is commemorative structure near the river Enza in Selvapiana, that is an hamlet in the municipality of Canossa in the Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy. The structure was built to recalls the stay here by Petrarch during 1343, when he was hosted by the condottiero Azzo da Correggio. Construction of the charming tempietto (''small temple or chapel'', although secular) was begun in 1839 during the flourishing of Romanticism's attachment to classical literature, and completed in a few years. It houses a marble statue of Petrach by Tommaso Bandini, and ceiling frescoes by Francesco Scaramuzza Francesco Scaramuzza (14 July 1803 – 20 October 1886) was an Italian painter and poet of the Romantic period in Northern Italy. He painted mythologic and historic canvases, but is best known for his interpretations of literary subjects includin .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempietto Del Petrarca - Canossa, Reggio Emilia, Italy - May 11, 2013 01
Tempietto (Italian: "small temple") generally means a small temple-like or pavilion-like structure and is a name of many places in Italy: * San Pietro in Montorio#The Tempietto in Rome, a tomb by Donato Bramante * Villa Barbaro#Church (Tempietto Barbaro) at Maser, a church planned by Palladio * Tempietto of Sant'Antonio, Rimini, a baroque church in Rimini * Temple of Aesculapius (Villa Borghese) (called also Tempietto of Aesculapius) in Rome, built by Antonio Asprucci and his son Mario Asprucci * Temple of Clitumnus or Tempietto del Clitunno, an early medieval church in Pissignano * Tempietto del Petrarca, Canossa, a commemorative structure in Selvapiana * Sant'Emidio alle Grotte or Tempietto, a Baroque church in Ascoli Piceno * Sant'Emidio Rosso or Tempietto Sant'Emidio Rosso, a church of Ascoli Piceno * Sanctuary of Santa Maria infra Saxa, Genga and Tempietto Valadier by Giuseppe Valadier * Oratorio di Santa Maria in Valle, previously called the Tempietto longobardo, Valle * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |