Santi Lorenzo e Biagio is a Neoclassical-style

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collegiate church located at the eastern edge of the town of

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, province of Fermo, in the region of

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, Italy.

History

The collegiata of San Lorenzo e Biagio was completed in 1859 using designs by Giuseppe Valadier. It was erected outside the city walls, and the road in front of the façade is flanked at the end by two large

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lions, in active poses, sculpted by

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. The church, made with brick, has a sober pronaos with Tuscan columns supporting a triangular tympanum. The layout is that of a Latin cross, with the nave separated from the aisles by Ionic columns. There is a dome at the crossing. The cupola was frescoed depicting the ''Glory of St Lawrence'' by Luigi Fontana, and the spandrels depict the

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: ''Saints Augustine, Ambrose, Gregory the Great, and Jerome''.

References

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