Santa Lucia is a

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church located on Strada Cavour in central

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

A church on the site called ''San Michele in Canale'' is first mentioned in documents from 1223. The present building was erected by the Confraternity of San Carlo Borromeo in 1615. The structure was enlarged and facade designed by the architect Mauro Oddi and in 1697, reconsecrated and named ''Santa Lucia''. The facade sculptures of ''Saints Ilario and Agatha'' and the façade medallion were completed by Giacomo Barbieri. The main altar has a canvas depicting the ''Last Communion and Martyrdom of St Lucy'' by the Venetian painter

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. The ceiling

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frescoes were painted by

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. The church also has paintings by

Giulio Cesare Amidano Giulio Cesare Amidano (c. 1560s – c. 1630) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance style. He was also known as Pomponio Amidano, in part because he is either confused with or was a pupil of Pomponio Allegri; others claim he was a pupi ...

and

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. The cupola frescoes were painted by the Theatine priest

Filippo Maria Galletti Filippo Maria Galletti (1636–1714) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Tuscany, Parma, and Liguria. He was a pupil of the painter Ciro Ferri and Pietro Dandini. He became a Theatine priest, and painted religious wor ...

.Tourism Office for Parma
entry on church.

References

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