The church of San Domenico, also sometimes called San Martino, is a medieval

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church in the lower town of

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, in Italy. At one time, the church was dedicated to

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History

A church at the site is documented since the 11th century, but the present church was first built in the 13th century and granted to the

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. Further expansions of the church were made in the 14th and 15th century. The exterior remains unfinished in brick. The interior nave was transformed in the 18th century, however many of the chapels retain their original fresco decoration. The first two chapels to left and right are frescoed with the ''Life of St Peter Martyr'' by followers of

Ottaviano Nelli Ottaviano Nelli (1375–1444?) was an Italian painter of the early Quattrocento. Nelli primarily painted frescoes, but also panel paintings. He had several pupils and two painters were influenced by him. Biography He was born in Gubbio in Umbr ...

and a late 14th-century ''Coronation of the Virgin''. In the 5th chapel on the left is an altarpiece of

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attributed to

Jacopo Bedi Jacopo Bedi, also known by Giacomo di Bedo di Benedetto (active 1432 – 1458) was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento. Biography He was born in Gubbio, and active there, where he was felt to be a pupil of Ottaviano Nelli. There is one signed ...

; while the 6th chapel on the left has a ''Mary Magdalen'' (1612) by Giovanni Baglioni; the left transept has a fresco on the ''Three Magi'' (1603) by

Felice Damiani Felice Damiani or ''Felice da Gubbio'' (1530-1608) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerism period. Biography He was a pupil of Benedetto Nucci in Gubbio. Because of his lively coloring, he was nicknamed the ''Paolo Veronese ...

; and the seventh chapel has an altarpiece depicting the ''Communion of the Apostles'' attributed to Giuliano Presutti. The carved wooden choir stalls were completed in the 16th century.Commune of Gubbio
on Chiesa di S. Domenico.

References

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