Santa Chiara is a

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-style,

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church and adjacent Clarissan convent located in the town of Fanano in the province of Modena, region of

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, Italy.

History

The present church is a reconstruction, after the earthquake of 1920, of the classical 16th-century church designed by count Ottonello Ottonelli. The stone façade has a central oculus, and two flanking windows. The interior has two polychrome wood altarpiece frames: one houses an ''Assumption'' (1600) painted by

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, while the other has a ''Madonna and Saints'' by Mastelletta.Comune of Fanano
monumenti.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiara Fanano 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Churches in Fanano Renaissance architecture in Emilia-Romagna