San Domenico is a

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style,

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church located on Via Amondi in

Orzinuovi Orzinuovi (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. History It was founded in 1193 by statute of the ''comune'' of Brescia, as a boundary fortress with the name of "Orci Novi". Its history thenceforth cl ...

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, in the region of Lombardy,

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History

Originally a church at the site, attached to a Dominican Convent, was built in the 1500s and dedicated to Santa Maria delle Grazie. This church was mostly razed to build a hospital in the 19th century. Rebuilt in smaller dimensions, it maintains cubicles used for interrogations by the

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. The church, now property of the adjacent hospital, was undergoing restoration in 2014. The interior contains an altarpiece depicting ''Enthroned

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with Saints Dominic,

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Vincent Ferrer Vincent Ferrer, OP ( ca-valencia, Sant Vicent Ferrer , es, San Vicente Ferrer, it, San Vincenzo Ferreri, german: Sankt Vinzenz Ferrer, nl, Sint-Vincent Ferrer, french: Saint Vincent Ferrier; 23 January 1350 – 5 April 1419) was a Kingdom of V ...

, and

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, along with a Donor'' by

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; a ''Madonna Addolorata with Christ and Saints Francis, Thomas, and

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with Donor'' and a ''Saints Nicola da Bari, Peter Martyr and Cosma'' and a '' Coronation of the Virgin'' by

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. The main altarpiece depicts ''Granting of the Rosary to St Dominic'' by

Luca Mombello Luca Mombello (active mid-late 16th century) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance periods, mainly active in Brescia. Biography He was born in Orzivecchi around 1518.St Hyacinth of Poland'' are from the studio of Mombello. A ''Virgin and two Saints'' was painted by

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. A canvas depicting '' St Roch among those afflicted by plague'', by Pier Maria Bagnatore, was stolen in May 2000. Pinacoteca Orzinuovi
website, entry on church.

References

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