San Giovanni Battista di Calamosco is a

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parish church located on via Chiesa Calamosco #2 in the San Donato Quarter of

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

The parish is mentioned since 1088, while a church is documented since 1269. The present church was erected in 1729–30 by designs of Antonio Gamberini. It was refurbished in 1925 by

Edoardo Collamarini Edoardo Collamarini (1863–1928) was an Italian architect, active mainly in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. He was born and died in Bologna. He studied there and in Parma. He was friend of Giosuè Carducci, and pupil of Alfonso Rubbia ...

. The baroque interior has seven side altars. The main altarpiece is a ''Birth of St John the Baptist'' attributed to Marcantonio Franceschini. The second altar to the right has a canvas depicting ''St Antony of Padua''; the third a ''Madonna della Scodella'', a copy of a Correggio

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. The first altar on the left has a stucco crucifix. The second altar to the left has a ''St Vincent Ferrer'' by

Ubaldo Gandolfi Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728–1781) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, mainly active in and near Bologna. Biography He was born in San Matteo della Decima and enrolled by the age of 17 at the Clementine Academy, where he apprenticed w ...

. The baptistry has a modern sculpture by Cesarino Vincenzi.Bologna sacra: tutte le chiese in due millenni di storia
by Marcello Fini, page 85.

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