San Filippo Neri is a

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-style,

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church located in the town of

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, in the

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

The church was begun in 1640, using designs by Loreto Scelli, and consecrated only in 1724. The stone façade has varied

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over the doors and windows, and the verticality is accentuated by corinthian pilasters. The interior has paintings by

Gaetano Lapis Gaetano Lapis (1704 – 1 April 1776) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period. Biography He was born in Cagli and trained under Sebastiano Conca. He painted a ''Birth of Venus'' for the ceiling of the Palazzo Borghese in Rome. He ...

Sebastiano Conca Sebastiano Conca (8 January 1680 – 1 September 1764) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born at Gaeta, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, and apprenticed in Naples under Francesco Solimena. In 1706, along with his brother Giovanni, who ...

Pietro Labruzzi Pietro Labruzzi (1739–1805) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period, active in Rome and Poland. He is best known for his altarpieces and portraits. He was born and died in Rome. Pietro was recruited as a painter for the court of ...

and Francesco Refini.Comune of Spoleto
entry on church, quoting L’Umbria, Manuali per il territorio, Spoleto, Roma 1978.

References

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