Santa Maria delle Muratelle, Bologna

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Santa Maria delle Muratelle, or Santa Maria Annunziata delle Muratelle, is a 17th-century Roman Catholic church located on Via Saragozza #2 in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.

History[]

A 13th-century church at the site was razed in 1630 to allow for the building of a new street for the expanding city, and in turn causing this new church to be built.[1] Around the year 1735, the interior was refurbished by Carlo Francesco Dotti.[2] The facade remained incomplete, and was only finished in 1928 by Edoardo Collamarini. The bell-tower dates to 1690. The church was deconsecrated in 1805 during the French occupation, and the parish moved to . With restoration of papal authority, the church was remade into a parish church.[3]

Inside the main altarpiece was painted in 1783 by Jacopo Alessandro Calvi. The altar sculpture (circa 1717) was completed Giuseppe Maria Mazza (1717 c.). There is also a painting by Giovanni Francesco Gessi.

The adjacent oratory was designed in 1772 by ,[4] with statues by Domenico Piò, paintings by , and stucco-work by Pietro Martire Bagutti.[5]

The first altar on right of the entrance once had a canvas by Tardini then one by Pezzi Ragazzoni. The church had a fresco of a Virgin and Child (prior to 1220) that had been painted on the wall of the earlier church.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Biblioteca Salaborsa, of Bologna.
  2. ^ Pitture scolture ed architetture delle chiese, luoghi pubblici, palazzi, e case della Citta di Bologna, by Carlo Cesare Malvasia , Stamperia del Longhi, Bologna (1792). page 181.
  3. ^ Bologna sacra: tutte le chiese in due millenni di storia, By Marcello Fini, Edizione Pendragon, Bologna (2007); page 116.
  4. ^ CC Malvasia (1792). page 181-182.
  5. ^ Biblioteca Salaborsa, of Bologna.
  6. ^ CC Malvasia (1792). page 181-182.

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