San Pietro or San Pietro Apostolo is a Neoclassic-style,

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church located on Piazza Garibaldi in

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History

A church of San Pietro in Parma is first mentioned in the year 955. Tradition holds that it was erected atop the remains of an Ancient Roman temple dedicated to

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. It was rebuilt during the 15th century in

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-style by Cristoforo Zaneschi. In the early 16th-century papal bull by

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describes it as a collegiate church, Collegio di San Girolamo, with 12 priests. The present church was designed by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, who replaced the prior facade, construction started in 1707 but was not completed till 1762. The façade is decorated with the papal symbols of the tiara, festoons, and keys, in a design by Petitot and modeled in stucco by

Benigno Bossi Benigno Bossi (1727–1792) was an Italian engraver, painter, and stucco artist. Life He was born at ArcisateGiovanni Antonio Vezzani. The main altar has a canvas depicting the ''Madonna and child and Saints Peter and Paul'' by Alessandro Mazzola. The first chapel on the left has an altarpiece depicting the ''Glory of St Joseph'' by Alessandro Bernabei. The second chapel on the left has an altarpiece depicting the ''Virgin in Glory surrounded by the Apostles'' by

Giovanni Bolla Giovanni Bolla (1650 - September 15, 1735) was an Italian painter, active in the Duchy of Parma. He was born and died in Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Gi ...

.Nuova descrizione della città di Parma
by Paolo Donati; Giuseppe Paganino publisher, Parma (1824); page 91. The church also has a work by

Clemente Ruta Clemente Ruta (9 May 1668 – 11 November 1767) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period. Biography Born at Parma, he first trained with a painter by the name of Ilario Spolverini, then later in Bologna with Carlo Cignani. He mo ...

. The church was suppressed by decree of the Napoleonic government in 1811, and reconsecrated in 1852, only to be suppressed again in 1867.

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Pietro Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death * Pietro II Can ...

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