Sant'Agostino is a

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-style,

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church located on Piazzale Giordani #1 in the town of

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, province of Macerata, region of

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, Italy.

History

The church was built in 1270 adjacent to an

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monastery located within the city walls. A century later it was refurbished, but still retains the side buttresses in elegant brick. The rounded portal carved in Istrian marble was completed in 1485 by a sculptor, Giovanni di Fiandra using a design by

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. It is decorated with a statue of St Augustine and Christ Blessing. The church interior was refurbished in a

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style in the late 17th century, when it was no longer affiliated with the Augustinians. The design was by

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. The side altarpieces were painted by Filippo Bellini,

Pier Simone Fanelli Pier Simone Fanelli (29 December 1641 - 1703) was an Italian painter active in the Region of the Marche, active in a Baroque style. Biography He was born in Ancona and died in Cingoli. His training is unclear. By 1665-1666 he was painting in th ...

Felice Damiani Felice Damiani or ''Felice da Gubbio'' (1530-1608) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerism period. Biography He was a pupil of Benedetto Nucci in Gubbio. Because of his lively coloring, he was nicknamed the ''Paolo Veronese ...

Antonio Calcagni Antonio Calcagni (1538 in Recanati – 1593) is an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance period. He apprenticed with Girolamo Lombardo in Recanati, where he completed a statue of Pope Gregory XIII (1574) started by Ludovico Lombardi and Ascoli. He ...

, and traces of frescoes by Giacomo di Nicola da Recanati. The crossing of the church has a small cupola. A modern stained glass window has been placed above the main altar. The monastery now houses the ''Museo di Arte Contemporanea dei Pittori dell'Emigrazione''. Some claim the bell-tower of the church, and not the octagonal town tower, is the inspiration for the tower in

Giacomo Leopardi Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (, ; 29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. He is considered the greatest Italian poet of the nineteenth century and one of ...

's poem of the ''Il passero solitario''. The poem only states that the sparrow in the poem can seen the countryside from this ancient tower.Guida Turismo Marche
entry on church.

References

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