San Giovanni Battista is a

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-style

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church located on Via XX settembre #1870 in

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

The church was located adjacent to the site of a paleo-Christian basilica, dedicated to San Stefano, and erected sometime in the 5th century under the patronage of

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. The basilica was razed during the troubles of the 8th century. In its place, it is documented that by 1144 arose this church dedicated to John the Baptist. In 1573, it was assigned to the

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, and in 1605, it joined the parish of San Gregorio. In 1767 to 1772, the Carmelites commissioned Gaetano Cupioli to rebuild the church in a late baroque style. In 1797, the church and convent as suppressed, and granted to the

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till 1805, when it became again a parish.

Interiors

In 1864, an inventory of the artworks included: *Second chapel on right, stuccoes of an altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin of the Carmine by

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, flanked by canvases depicting the ''Adoration of the Magi'' and a ''Crucifixion'' by Antonio de Cimatori *First Chapel on left, ''St Theresa, St Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi below the Virgin, Angels, and St Andrew Corsini'' by

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*Second chapel on left, ''Holy Trinity and Virgin with Patrons of the City'' by the friar Cosimo Piazza, pupil of

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*Third chapel on left, ''Martyrdom of St Gaudenzio'' (1794) by Soleri *Main altarpiece, ''Sermon of John the Baptist'' (1559) by Andrea Boscoli The apse now has a wooden crucifix of the 14th or 15th centuries, restored in the 1960s. The Crucifix is in a framed wood and stucco altarpiece by Trentanove.Rimini Turismo
entry.

References

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