Sant'Agostino is a church in the historical center of

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, northern

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. It is today deconsecrated, sometimes used for representations of the nearby Teatro della Tosse.

History

Begun by the

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in 1260, it is one of the few

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buildings remaining in the city, after the numerous demolitions in the 19th century. It has a typical façade with bichrome stripes in white marble and blue stone, with a large

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in the middle. Notable is the ogival portal with, in the

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, a fresco depicting ''St Augustine'' by

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. At the sides are two double

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s. The interior has a nave and two aisles divided by ogival arches supported by robust columns with cubic capitals. The church has also two cloister now included into a museum.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Agostino (Genoa) Churches completed in 1260 13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Agostino Gothic architecture in Liguria