Sant'Eufemia is a
Roman Catholic church located on Via Barbiani in
Ravenna, region of
Emilia Romagna, Italy.
The church was designed by
Giovan Francesco Buonamici
Giovan Francesco Buonamici (1692- 4 August 1759) was an Italian architect and painter of the Baroque period, active mainly around Ravenna, Fano, and his native Rimini.
Biography
He was born in Rimini, and may have worked as painter as young man, ...
, and erected between 1742 and 1747 upon the foundations of a palaeo-Christian temple. The central design recalls some of the ancient churches in town. The building, now deconsecrated, with three altars now represents the entrance of the archaeological site ''Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra'', which houses the mosaic floors of a Byzantine-era palace.
Sistema Musei
of Ravenna.
References
18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1747
Roman Catholic churches in Ravenna
Baroque architecture in Ravenna
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