San Benedetto in Gottella is a Romanesque-style,

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church located on piazza Bernardin in Lucca, region of

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, Italy. The church is located on Piazza Bernardini, near the Palazzo Bernardini, on the route of the ancient decumanus maximus of Lucca. Chiesa di San Benedetto in Gottella

History

A church at the site was present by tenth century, but reconstructed in the 13th-century. The walls contain a mosaic of fragments from the earlier church. The façade is a mixture of white limestone and darker tan sandstones, formed by blocks of different size, with a round portal entrance. Above the entrance is a painted lunette. In 1817, the church became the home for the confraternity of carpenters. Among the works of art are an altarpiece depicting the ''Madonna and Child with Saints Benedetto e Margherita'' by

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.Comune of Lucca
entry on the church.

References

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