Chiesa di Santa Giusta a Bazzano (
Italian for ''Church of Santa Giusta in Bazzano'') is a
Romanesque church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* Chris ...
in Bazzano,
frazione
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of
L'Aquila
L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...
(
Abruzzo
Abruzzo (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese Neapolitan, Abbrùzze , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; nap, label=Sabino dialect, Aquilano, Abbrùzzu; #History, historically Abruzzi) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy wi ...
).
History
Evidence suggests the crypt and an earlier church derives from the 9th century. But the present church appears to have been commissioned in a sober
Romanesque style by the
Benedictines
, image = Medalla San Benito.PNG
, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
, formation =
, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
between the late 12th and early 13th centuries.
Regione Abruzzo - Servizio per l'Informazione Territoriale e la Telematica
.
Architecture
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Giusta Bazzano
9th-century churches in Italy
13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Romanesque architecture in Abruzzo