San Carlo Borromeo is a

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church located on Corso Giovecca #191, a block east of the Castello Estense in

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

Construction of this church took place from 1612-1623, at the site of a chapel dedicated to Saint Filippo e Giacomo, designed by

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, for the hospital of Santa Anna, which once extended parallel to the facade. The San Carlo church was designed by

Giovanni Battista Aleotti Giovan Battista Aleotti (1546 – 12 December 1636) was an Italian architect. Biography Aleotti was born in Argenta, Italy, Argenta. For some years, Aleotti went to Ferrara, to work under Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso II d'Este where with ...

, commissioned by Cardinal Carlo Emmanuele Pio. The earthquake of 2012 caused closure of the church. Restoration of the facade was recently patronized by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara. By 2013, reinforcement of the roof was complete. The facade is decorated by emotive statues of saints and two angels holding a heraldic shield. The angels were sculpted by Angelo Putti, and some have attributed all the statues. Behind the facade is an oval layout with two lateral chapels. The apse contain wooden choir stalls. The nave has stucco statues of the four doctors of the church: ''Augustine'', ''Gregory the Great'', ''Jerome'', and ''Ambrose'' by an 18th-century sculptors of the Venetian-school. The ceiling was frescoed in 1674 by Giuseppe Avanzi with collaboration of the quadraturist

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. In the center oval, Avanzi painted the ''Glory of the Virgin with Saints Maurelio and Carlo Borromeo''. The lunette over the entrance has a ''San Carlo'' painted by

Antonio Bonfanti Antonio Bonfanti (active 1600) was an Italian painter. He was also called ''Il Torricella''. He was a native of Ferrara, where he painted a ''Presentation of Mary at Temple'' and ''Dispute among Doctors'' for the chancel of the church of San Franc ...

. An inventory from 1773 noted to the right of the main altar is the altarpiece of the ''Virgin and Saints George, Maurelio, and Dominic'' by Domenico, son of

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. The four paintings of the ''Life of the St Carlo'' were painted by

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.Memorie istoriche delle chiese di Ferrara e de' suoi borghi
by Giuseppe Antenore Scalabrini, editor Carlo Coatti (1773) page 139-140.

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