Sanctuary Of The Madonna Di Belvedere, Città Di Castello
The Sanctuary of the Madonna di Belvedere is a Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...-style, Roman Catholic church built atop a mountain a few miles outside of the town of Città di Castello, province of Perugia, in the region of Umbria, Italy. History and Decoration A chapel or oratory was present at this site since the 13th-century, sheltering a venerated icon, then called the ''Santa Maria di Caprano'', for being present atop what was then Monte Caprano. From 1669 to 1684, the present temple was erected using a design by Antonio Gabrielli and Nicola Barbioni. In 1705, the icon was crowned in a ceremony in the cathedral, and after a week, led in procession back to the church. The structure has an odd eclectic appearance, with a convex round facade with semicircu ...
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Baroque Architecture
Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the late 16th century and gradually spread across Europe. It was originally introduced by the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means to combat the Reformation and the Protestantism, Protestant church with a new architecture that inspired surprise and awe. It reached its peak in the High Baroque (1625–1675), when it was used in churches and palaces in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Bavaria and Austria. In the Late Baroque period (1675–1750), it reached as far as Russia, the Ottoman Baroque architecture, Ottoman Empire and the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish and Portuguese colonization of the Americas, Portuguese colonies in Latin America. In about 1730, an even more elaborately decorative variant called Rococo appeared and flourished in Central Europe. Baroque architects took the basic elements of Renaissance architecture, including domes and colonnades, ...
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