Sant'Agostino is a former

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-style church in

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, region of Veneto, Italy. It was razed to the ground in 1819 by the Austrian authorities to construct a military hospital.

History

This large church, and its adjacent

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convent, was located next to the Ponte di Sant'Agostino. It was described by the historian

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as "without doubt the most beautiful medieval building in Padua after the Basilica di Sant'Antonio". In structure, it resembled San Nicolo in

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. The architect was Leonardo Murario, called il Rocalica, and was built between 1226 and 1275 under the patronage of Nicolò di Boccassio, Bishop of Padua and future pope

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. Many members of the Carrara family, lords of Padua during 1318 to 1405, were buried here.Guida di Padova e dei principali suoi contorni
by Pietro Selvatico, page 329-331. Their tombs were moved to the church of the Eremitani prior to demolition. Some of the columns were reused by the architect

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, in the building now used by the Liceo Artistico Pietro Selvatico. The building is now the caserma Piave, where a fragment of a fresco by

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, originally in the church was discovered.

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