Sant'Alessandro is a

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

style,

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parish church located on Via Moretto, 73/A in

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

, region of

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, Italy.

History

The first church at the site was founded in 1153, adjacent to a hospital, by the 15th-century it had been granted to the

Servite The Servite Order, officially known as the Order of Servants of Mary ( la, Ordo Servorum Beatae Mariae Virginis; abbreviation: OSM), is one of the five original Catholic mendicant orders. It includes several branches of friars (priests and brothe ...

nuns. The church was consecrated in 1466, then rebuilt in Baroque style in 1784, but the facade was only completed by 1891. A fountain is present in the square in front. Among the interior altarpiece paintings are: *''Annunciation'', 1st altar, by

Jacopo Bellini Jacopo Bellini (c. 1400 – c. 1470) was one of the founders of the Renaissance style of painting in Venice and northern Italy. His sons Gentile and Giovanni Bellini, and his son-in-law Andrea Mantegna, were also famous painters. Few of Bellin ...

*''Pieta'' (1504), 2nd altar,

Vincenzo Civerchio Vincenzo Civerchio or Civercio (c. 1470c. 1544) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, born at Crema, Lombardy, Crema, and active also in Brescia, where there are some of his alter-pieces. One of his works is at the National Gallery of Art, W ...

*Painting (1943) by Angelo Righetti, replaces the ancient ''Icon of Mary'', 3rd altar by Gregoretti *''Ecce Homo'', 4th altar, fresco by

Lattanzio Gambara Lattanzio Gambara (c. 1530 – 18 March 1574) was an Italian painter, active in Renaissance and Mannerist styles. It is likely that Gambara is the same 16th century painter referred to as ''Lattanzio Cremonese'' or ''Lattanzio da Cremona''. Biog ...

*''Martyrdom of St Alexander'', main altarpiece, Pietro Moro, replaced the masterpiece polyptych of

Girolamo Romanino Girolamo Romani, known as Romanino (c. 1485 - c. 1566), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active in the Veneto and Lombardy, near Brescia. His long career brought forth several different styles. Biography Romani was born in Brescia. H ...

, now in the

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in London. *''St

Phillip Benizzi Philip Benizi (sometimes St Philip Benitius, and in Italian Filippo Benizzi) (August 15, 1233 – August 22, 1285) was a general superior of the Order of the Servites, and credited with reviving the order. Pope Leo X recognised his cult 24 January ...

'', 7th altar, by

Grazio Cossali Grazio Cossali, sometimes called Orazio Cossali (1563 – December 4, 1629) was an Italian painter who worked in Brescia, Cremona, and Venice, active during the Mannerist or early Baroque periods. Biography Born in Orzinuovi, Province of Bres ...

*''Saints Roch, Lodovico, and Sebastian'', 9th altar, Sebastiano Arragonese Over the entrance doorway are paintings of the ''Lives of Saints Alexander and Filippo Benizzi'' by Girolamo Rossi.Guida di Brescia rapporto alle arti ed ai monumenti antichi e moderni
by Federico Odorici (1853), page 84-86.

References

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Alessandro Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Alessandro * Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter * Alessandro Baricco ...

Roman Catholic churches completed in 1784