Sant'Eufemia is a Roman Catholic church located in the island of Giudecca in Venice, Veneto, Italy and dedicated to saint Euphemia. It was initially built in the 9th century in the Venetian-Byzantine style. It was restored and rebuilt several times, finally in the 18th century, when the façade was altered, stucco applied to the central nave and the ceiling vaults of the interior and three altarpieces added - 'Jesus among the Doctors' in the Chapel of St Francis, a 1771 'Visitation of the Virgin' by Giambattista Canal and 'The Adoration of the Magi' by Jacopo Marieschi . The ceiling painting is also by Canal in the style of Tiepolo and shows scenes relating to the church's patron saint - her baptism in the left aisle, the saint in glory in the central nave and episodes from her life in the right aisle. Its right side overlooks the Giudecca canal and has a portico with Doric style columns, taken from the nearby church and monastery of Santi Biagio e Cataldo during the latter's 1593 restoration. In a niche inside the porch is a Gothic-style image of the 'Holy Bishop' below a 14th-century crucifixion with donors in the Byzantine style, set in a three-faceted bezel. Its interior is a three-nave basilica, whose original columns and capitals survive. A chapel now houses the remains of Blessed Giuliana of Collalto, translated there in 1822, again from santi Biagio e Cataldo. The left aisle also houses an 18th-century marble sculpture of the Virgin Mary and Christ by Gianmaria Morlaiter in the left, whilst the firsts altarpiece in the right aisle houses the central part of a triptych of saint Roch and the angel under a lunette of the Virgin and Child, both by Bartolomeo Vivarini and dating to 1480. The presbytery also houses a painting of the Last Supper by Benfatto Alvise Dal Friso, from the Veronese school.
Sant'Angelo a Nilo is a Roman Catholic church located on the Decumano Inferiore in Naples, Italy. It stands diagonally across from San Domenico Maggiore in Naples. It is known for containing the monumental Renaissance-style tomb of Cardinal Rainaldo Brancacci by Donatello and Michelozzo, one of the major sculptural works in the city.
Sant'Ambrogio is a Roman Catholic church in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is named in honour of St Ambrose.
Sant'Alvise is a church in the sestiere of Cannaregio in Venice, northern Italy. According to tradition, it was built by Antonia Venier in 1338 and dedicated to St. Louis of Toulouse, and located next to an adjacent convent. The brick exterior and facade do not reflect the rich interior.
Sant'Alessandro is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Moretto, 73/A in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
Sant Agostino alla Zecca, also known as Sant'Agostino Maggiore is a church in central Naples, Italy. Originally granted to the Augustinian monks by Robert I of Anjou in 1259. The church underwent extensive reconstruction in the Baroque period by Bartolomeo Picchiati. Its name derives from its location near the former mint. Since the 1980 Irpinia earthquake, it has been closed and is in a poor state of conservation. The interior has frescoes of Giacinto Diano in the Sacristy.
Sant'Agostino is a Gothic-Romanesque style Roman Catholic church in Gubbio, region of Umbria, Italy. A church at the site was built in the second half of the 13th century. Among the works inside are Jesus and the Samaritan , by Virgilio Nucci Madonna del Soccorso, 15th century Madonna di Grazia, fresco attributed to Ottaviano Nelli Baptism of St Augustine , di Felice Damiani Last Judgement fresco in Arch, by Jacopo Salimbeni of San Severino Marche and studio of Ottaviano Nelli Story of St Augustine in the apse, studio of Ottaviano Nelli
San Vidal is a former church, and now an event and concert hall located at one end of the Campo Santo Stefano in the Sestiere of San Marco, where it leads into the campiello San Vidal, and from there to the Ponte dell'Accademia that spans the Grand Canal and connects to the Sestiere of Dorsoduro, Venice, Italy.
Санто-Стефано-Ротондо, или Санто-Стефано на Целийском холме — церковь на Целийском холме в Риме, посвященная св. Стефану и св. Иштвану, первому христианскому королю Венгрии. Церковь является титулярной и национальной венгерской церковью в Риме . Первая церковь на этом месте была заказана папой Львом I, , освещена папой Симплицием между 468 и 483 годами в честь первомученика Стефана, чье тело было обнаружено за несколько десятилетий до этого на Святой Земле и доставлено в Рим. Это круглая в плане постройка: одна из первых раннехристианских ротонд, возведённая после мавзолея Санта Костанца , на основе античных прототипов . Ротонда диаметром 65 метров была возведена на месте Большого рынка , устроенного при императоре Нероне в 59 г. Вопреки центрическому, а не базиликальному плану, по традиции получила название базилики. Церковь имела три концентрических кольца амбулаториев . Двадцать две колонны ионического ордера окружали ярко освещённое центральное пространство диаметром 22 метра с барабаном высотой 22 метра с двадцатью двумя окнами. Это пространство планировали перекрыть куполом. Церковь имела четыре боковых капеллы , четыре атриума с портиками, по предположению Р. Краутхаймера, имевшие бассейны, возможно, с фонтанами. «Всё это создавало взаимопроникновение пространства и объёмов, света и тени. Корни такой композиции, надо полагать, лежат в оформлении позднеримских вилл, восходящих к эпохе Адриана... В то же время моделью могла служить и ротонда Анастасиса в Иерусалиме» . Связь с античными традициями свидетельствует о намерении сохранить и даже возродить великое прошлое Рима в христианскую эпоху — тенденция и течение в архитектуре конца IV — начала V веков, получившая название «романизация христианского искусства». Церковь была украшена разноцветной мраморной облицовкой в VI веке. Перестроена в 1139—1143 годах при папе Иннокентии II. Сохранилось одно внешнее кольцо амбулатория и три из четырех боковых часовен. Храм утратил прежнюю кровлю в 1450 году. Церковь реставрировал, в сущности перестраивал в 1452 — 1454 годах Бернардо Росселлино под руководством Леона Баттиста Альберти . Ради прочности здания Альберти разобрал наружную колоннаду и возвёл вместо неё массивные стены. В 1454 году папа Николай V передал полуразрушенную церковь монахам ордена святого Павла, отшельника Фивейского . В 1579 году «Collegium Hungaricum» объединили с конгрегацией иезуитов «Collegium Germanicum». Поэтому в 1580 году коллегия получила название «Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum». Археологические исследования, проведённые в 1969—1975 годах доказали, что здание не является перестройкой языческого храма, оно с самого начало было возведено при Константине I. Стены амбулатория по заказу папы Григория XIII в XVI веке украсили фрески работы нескольких художников, в том числе Никколо Помаранчио и Антонио Темпеста, на которых изображены 34 сцены мученичества святого Стефана в 16 веке. Каждая картина имеет надпись, объясняющую сцену, а также подходящую к теме цитату из Священного писания. Алтарь создан по рисунку флорентийского художника Бернардо Росселлино в XV веке. В апсиде — изображение Христа и мучеников. Там же находится трон папы римского Григория Великого . Венгерская часовня посвящена венгерскому королю Стефану I . Под церковью находится митреум II века. Мраморный барельеф «Митра, убивающий быка» из этого святилища ныне находится в Национальном Римском музее.
Santo Stefano alla Lizza is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Via dei Gazzani, in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.
San Silvestro is a church building in the sestiere of San Polo of Venice, northern Italy. The church is located in the business district of Rialto. Originally, in the 12th century, it was under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Grado. After rebuilding, it was reconsecrated in 1422, and in 1485 it merged with the Oratory of Santa Maria dei Patriarchi e di Ognissanti. After a partial collapse in 1820, the church was entirely rebuilt from 1837, being reconsecrated in 1850, to designs by Giovanni Meduna. The facade is modern, and was completed in 1909 by Giuseppe Sicher. The Baroque ceiling has paintings by Ludovico Dorigny. The altars were designed in the 19th century by Santi and decorated by the sculptor Giovanni Antonio Dorigo. The interior has four Renaissance panels, and a Baptism of Christ by Tintoretto. The Adoration of the Magi by Paolo Veronese is a large oil painting on canvas painted for the church in 1573 which has been in the National Gallery, London since the church sold it in 1855, presumably to finance the rebuilding. The painting was commissioned by the confraternity of Saint Joseph, the Scuola di San Giuseppe, and placed beside their altar on the left hand wall of the nave. They were not one of the very wealthy Scuole Grandi of Venice, nor trade-based like others with altars in the church, but essentially devotional, and they included female members.The church had a number of significant paintings, and the Veronese was next to the altar of St Joseph on the left side wall, which in the next century was given an altarpiece by Johann Carl Loth of the unusual subject of Joseph presenting the newborn Jesus to God the Father, which remains in the church. The Veronese had some fame, being singled out for mention in early guide books such as Giovanni Stringa's 1604 revision of Francesco Sansovino's Venetia. In 1670 agents of the new Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who had failed to persuade the convent of Saint Catherine to sell Veronese's Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of 1575 , turned to San Silvestro and attempted to bribe every member of the confraternity to sell the work, but failed after two years.
San Sigismondo is a Roman Catholic religious complex in Cremona, northern Italy. It is located some 2 km outside the historical centre of the city.
San Remigio di Firenze is a church in Florence, Italy. The church was founded around the year 1000. It is dedicated to Saint Remigius. In the 13th century, the church was reconstructed to feature a triangle-shaped facade with hanging arches along the roof line. The interior still reflects the original Gothic architecture with ogive arches and octagonal columns along the three aisles.
The Basilica of San Prospero is an ancient church in central Reggio Emilia, Italy. A church at the site, known as San Prospero di Castello, located inside the city walls, is known prior to 997. The church and its adjacent bell tower underwent reconstructions. In 1514, the church which was in ruins, was demolished and a new design by Luca Corti and Matteo Florentino was erected by 1527. Minor chapels were added till 1543, when the basilica was reconsecrated. Major changes to the belltower were designed by Cristoforo Ricci and Giulio Romano in 1536-1570. The facade of the church had been left incomplete till it was completed in 1748-1753 using designs of Giovanni Battista Cattani. While the statues on the facade are contemporary with Cattani's design, on the dais in front of the church are placed six lions , sculpted in rose-colored marble by Gaspare Bigi, and meant to be bases for columns of a portico that had been planned for the church front. The interior has works of art by Giovanni Giarola, Michelangelo Anselmi, Denis Calvaert, Ludovico Carracci, and Tommaso Laureti. It has altarpieces by Alessandro Tiarini and Francesco Stringa. Sculptors whose work is in the church include Bartolomeo Spani over the entrance) and Prospero Spani , who sculpted a Madonna on the right transept. The presbytery has a picture cycle by Camillo Procaccini and Bernardino Campi. The apse is frescoed with a Last Judgment by Procaccini. The Chapel of the Pratonero family in this church once held the painting by Correggio of the Nativity , which now is found in the Dresden Gallery. In 1640, the painting was absconded from the chapel by the Dukes of Modena for their private collection, a sacrilege which generated a local uproar. A copy made in replacement.
Ма́рко По́ло — итальянский купец и путешественник, представивший историю своего путешествия по Азии в знаменитой «Книге о разнообразии мира». Несмотря на сомнения в достоверности фактов, изложенных в этой книге, высказываемые с момента её появления и вплоть до настоящего времени, она служит ценным источником знаний по географии, этнографии, истории Армении, Ирана, Китая, Казахстана, Монголии, Индии, Индонезии и других стран в средние века. Эта книга оказала значительное влияние на мореплавателей, картографов, писателей XIV—XVI веков. В частности, она была на корабле Христофора Колумба во время его поиска маршрута в Индию; по подсчётам исследователей, Колумб сделал на ней 70 пометок.
San Paolo Maggiore, also known as San Paolo Decollato, is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic basilica church located on Via Carbonari #18 in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
