San Sepolcro, Parma

Church of the Holy Sepulchre
*Chiesa di San Sepolcro* (Italian)
Church of the Holy Sepulchre; Chiesa di San Sepolcro (Italian);
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic
Location
Location	Parma, Italy
Architecture
Architect(s)	Bartolomeo Pradesoli and Jacopo di Modena
Groundbreaking	1506
Completed	1700s

San Sepolcro is a church in central Parma.

History[]

A church on the site is first mentioned in documents from 1275, likely built at the site of a prior structure. The present building was begun in 1506, attributed to work of and , but the nave was not completed in its present Neoclassic style until the 1700s . The 1616 bell-tower is attributed to the architects Malosso or Simone Moschino. The top was not added till 1753. The wooden ceiling was carved between 1613 and 1617 by and . The canvases of various saints in the interior are attributed to the studio of Lionello Spada. The stations of the Via Crucis were sculpted by .

Adjacent to the church is the former monastery of the Canons Regular of the Lateran, who officiated at the church from 1257 till 1798, when the order was suppressed . The monastery has a Renaissance cloister designed by , the capitals of the columns were sculpted by . In 1566, the monastery received the title of Abbey. The monastery now belongs to the Dominican order.^[1]

References[]

^ Turismo Parma Archived 2014-05-26 at the Wayback Machine, entry on church.

Coordinates: 44°48′0.27″N 10°20′9.25″E / 44.8000750°N 10.3359028°E / 44.8000750; 10.3359028

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[1] Turismo Parma Archived 2014-05-26 at the Wayback Machine, entry on church.

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