Santi Quirico e Giulitta, Capannori
Santi Quirico e Giulitta is 12th-century Roman Catholic parish church in Capannori, province of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.
History[]
The church was originally called San Quirico a Quarto alla Rotta and is mentioned in documents as early as 786. It was razed in the 10th-century, and entirely rebuilt in 970. Again rebuilt in the 12th-century in the style now evident. The church appears to have used spolia from the prior constructions. A document from 1260 cites the church was subsidiary to the parish church of .
The church has a single nave, with a facade notable for blind arches. In the 14th-century, the building was damaged by a fire. Further refurbishments occurred mainly in the interior, including refashioning the apse. The bell-tower was reconstructed in the 19th-century with merlions added to the roof-line. The interior of the apse was frescoed in 1897 by , he also painted the Sacred Heart in the right transept and the Souls of Purgatory in the second altar on the right. The Polyptych of Santi Quirico e Giulitta (1448) painted by was dispersed; some of the panels are on display in the Courtauld Institute.[1]
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Coordinates: 43°50′31″N 10°34′28″E / 43.841830°N 10.574359°E
- 12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
- Roman Catholic churches in Tuscany