Sant'Agata is a 15th-century,

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church located on Corsetto Sant'Agata at Piazza della Vittoria in

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

A church at the site was present by the 8th century, when the neighborhood was located outside the city walls, but after the 1184 fire destroyed the ancient church, it was reconstructed in the 15th-century in

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style. Destruction by fire of this church was somewhat paradoxical, since Saint Agatha was the saint invoked for protection against fires. Further modifications were completed along the centuries, leading to a pastiche of styles. The incomplete 14th-century facade has a

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facade, decorated with

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statuary. Inside, the presbytery dates from the 15th century, the ceiling from the 16th century, the altars and fresco decoration from the 1680s, and the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento is from the 18th century. The main altarpiece depicting ''Sant'Agata with Saints Peter, Paul, Lucia, Apollonia standing before the cross'' (1522) is a masterwork by Francesco Prata from Caravaggio.

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