San Francesco is a
Gothic-style, former
Roman Catholic
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church located in the town of
Andria
Andria (; Barese: ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Apulia region of Southern Italy. It is an agricultural and service center, producing wine, olives and almonds. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the Apulia region (behind ...
, province of Barletta-Andria-Trani,
Apulia
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, Italy.
History
Construction of the church began in 1230, and was not completed till 1346. The interior underwent a major baroque refurbishment in the 18th century. To the right of the presbytery is the Chapel of the Archiconfraternity of the Addolorata, patronized by Count Onofrio Spagnoletti. In contains a venerated statue of the Madonna used in Holy Week processions. Among the altarpieces are four lateral canvases attributed to
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. The polychrome main altar was built in the 18th century. The organ (1766) was built by Tommaso Porziotta.
The monastery was suppressed in 1812, and the convent underwent many secular uses, including as a jail and later a public school. In 2019, some of the monastery is used by municipal offices.
Comune of Andria
tourism entry.
References
Churches in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani
13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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