San Gaetano is a

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church located on Corso Palladio #147 in the city of

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

The church was erected between 1721 and 1730 using designs of

Girolamo Frigimelica Gerolamo Frigimelica Roberti (10 January 1653 - 15 November 1732) was an Italian architect, librettist, and poet. Biography Born in Padua to a father who had married into the noble Robert family, thus gaining a title of Count for his son. Gerolamo ...

and commissioned by the Theatine order. The church underwent reconstruction after bombardment in 1944. The church still houses a ''St Cajetan'' painted by

Francesco Solimena Francesco Solimena (4 October 1657 – 3 April 1747) was a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen. Biography Francesco Solimena was born in Canale di Serino in the province of ...

.Vicenza News
entry on church.

References

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