Santa Corona, Vicenza
| Church of Santa Corona | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Province | Vicenza, Veneto |
| Year consecrated | 13th century |
| Location | |
| Location | Vicenza, Italy |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: 45°32′57″N 11°32′51″E / 45.54917°N 11.54750°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Church |
| Style | Gothic church, Renaissance chapel. |
| Groundbreaking | 1261 |
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| Location | Vicenza, Province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy |
| Part of | City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i)(ii) |
| Reference | 712bis-001 |
| Inscription | 1994 (18th Session) |
Santa Corona is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in Vicenza, region of Veneto, Italy. The church contains the Valmarana chapel (circa 1576), whose design is attributed to the Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. Palladio himself was initially buried in this church.
History[]
Construction on the church was begun in 1261 by the Blessed (Beato) Bishop Bartolomeo di Breganze to house a thorn from the supposed relic of the crown (corona) of thorns forced on Jesus during his passion. The thorn had been given to this bishop as a gift from Louis IX of France.[1] The church belonged to the Dominican order until suppression during the Napoleonic era.
The church has an altarpiece depicting, the Baptism of Christ (1500-1502) by Giovanni Bellini. The Thiene chapel has frescos by Michelino da Besozzo, and an altarpiece depicting an Enthroned Madonna and child venerated by Saints Peter and Pius V by Gianbattista Pittoni. Other works in the church include an Adoration of the Magi’’ by Veronese, a Madonna of the Star‘ by Marcello Fogolino, a St Mary Magdalen with Saints Jerome, Paola and Monica, (1414-1415) by Bartolomeo Montagna, a canvas depicting St Anthony and friars distributing alms to poor (1518) by Leandro Bassano, and two canvases with depictions of St Sebastian and St Martin by Battista da Vicenza.
Valmarana Chapel[]
After the death of one of his patrons, Antonio Valmarana, likely in 1576, Andrea Palladio designed this funereal chapel. Santa Corona had already been the church were other members of the family had been interred. Ten years earlier, Palladio had designed the Palazzo Valmarana in town for the family. The chapel was constructed by 1597, and family members transferred here. While there is no documentary evidence linking this design to Palladio, it highly resembles his chapels found at the Il Redentore in Venice.
Since 1994 the arch has been part of a World Heritage Site, designated to protect the Palladian buildings of Vicenza it as "City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto".[2][3]
Plan of the Valmarana Chapel
Chapel altar.
Dettaglio con lo stemma della famiglia Valmarana
References[]
External links[]
- Scheda sul sito dei musei civici di Vicenza
- Valmarana Chapel entry
- Year of Palladio entry for Valmarana Chapel
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- Roman Catholic churches in Vicenza
- Andrea Palladio church buildings
- Renaissance architecture in Vicenza
- Gothic architecture in Veneto
- 13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy