Santa Maria Assunta, Genoa

Last updated
Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
Genova, Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta di Carignano, 2020, by Luca Dea, crop.jpg
Façade of the basilica.
Religion
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Province Genoa
Ecclesiastical or organizational status National monument
Year consecrated 1951
StatusActive
Location
Location Genoa, Italy
Geographic coordinates 44°24′07.33″N8°56′06.35″E / 44.4020361°N 8.9350972°E / 44.4020361; 8.9350972
Architecture
TypeChurch
Style Renaissance
Groundbreaking1522
Completed19th century

Santa Maria Assunta is a Renaissance church in Genoa, Italy. [1] It is located in a residential sector called Carignano located on the hills just above the city center, thus the church is also known as Santa Maria Assunta di Carignano.

Contents

Structure and facade

The church is on the Greek cross plan with four similar façades on each side. There are five domes and two squared-plan bell towers (four in the original design) at the Neoclassic main façade. The facade has two statues by Claude David.

Interior decoration

The interior is lavishly decorated by late Renaissance and Baroque artists.

The four niches of the interior of the pylons of the dome have statues of Blessed Alessandro Sauli and St Sebastian (1668), (right) by Pierre Puget; and on the left, St Bartholomew (1695), by Claude David and St John the Baptist by Filippo Parodi. Along the walls, the statues of apostles and doctors of the church were completed by 1740 by Francesco Schiaffino.

The altars along the right nave include paintings of St Peter Healing the Lame (1694–1696) at the first altar by Domenico Piola; Martyrdom di San Biagio, (1680) at the second altar by Carlo Baratta; Resurrection of Christ, lateral to 2nd altar by Aurelio Lomi; Annunciation by Ottavio Semino; Virgin with Saints Domenic and Rosa at the third altar by Paolo Gerolamo Piola; Viaticum of St. Magdalene at the fourth altar by Francesco Vanni.

The altars along the left nave include paintings of Blessed Alessandro Sauli Stops the Plague, (c. 1630) at the fifth altar by Domenico Fiasella; Pietà, (c. 1571) at the sixth altar by Luca Cambiaso; Last Judgement, lateral to sixth altar by Aurelio Lomi and Vision of St Domenic by Domenico Fiasella; Madonna with Saints Charles Borromeo and Francis of Assisi, (c. 1620) at the seventh altar by Giulio Cesare Procaccini; and St Francis of Assisi receives stigmata, at the eighth altar by Guercino.

The presbytery and main altar have paintings depicting of the Last Supper and Flight to Egypt by Giuseppe Palmieri. The marble and bronze main altar (1700) was created from designs by Massimiliano Soldani with a bronze crucifix by Pietro Tacca, replacing a prior one by Pierre Puget. The sacristy has a canvas of a Holy Family by Luca Cambiaso.

Sources

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Galeazzo Alessi</span> Italian architect

Galeazzo Alessi was an Italian architect from Perugia, known throughout Europe for his distinctive style based on his enthusiasm for ancient architecture. He studied drawing for civil and military architecture under the direction of Giovanni Battista Caporali.

Artists from Genoa were influential during the 17th century. Many painters emigrated to either Venice, Florence, or Rome. Prominent stimuli to the local artists were prolonged visits to the town of artists from Spain and countries north of Italy, including Velázquez, Van Dyck, and Pierre Puget.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi</span> Church in Assisi, Italy

The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels is a papal minor basilica situated in the plain at the foot of the hill of Assisi, Italy, in the frazione of Santa Maria degli Angeli.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Domenico Fiasella</span> Italian painter (1589–1669)

Domenico Fiasella was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa. He was nicknamed Il Sarzana, after his birthplace.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato</span> Catholic cathedral in Genoa, Italy

The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato is the Catholic cathedral of Genoa, northern Italy; its decoration employed the major baroque studios and artists in Genoa in the 17th century.

Cesare Corte (1554–1613) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giuseppe Palmieri (painter)</span> Italian painter

Giuseppe Palmieri was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aurelio Lomi</span> Italian painter (1556–1622)

Aurelio Lomi was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods, active mainly in his native town of Pisa, Tuscany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarzana Cathedral</span>

Sarzana Cathedral in Sarzana, Liguria, Italy, is a co-cathedral of the Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The building is a mixture of the Romanesque and Gothic styles, reflecting the length of the period of its construction, from the early 13th to the late 15th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basilica di Santa Maria di Nazareth, Sestri Levante</span>

Santa Maria di Nazareth is a Renaissance church in the town of Sestri Levante, in the Gulf of Tigullio in the Metropolitan City of Genoa. Located in the center of the old village of Sestri Levante, adjacent to the town hall, its parish community is part of the Diocese of Chiavari.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Santa Maria di Castello</span> Church building in Genoa, Italy

Santa Maria di Castello is a church and religious complex in Genoa, Italy. Administrated for a long time by the Dominicans, it is located in the Castello hill of the city, where in the Middle Ages a bishop's fortified castle existed. The church is flanked by the large Tower of the Embriaci.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Santa Maria delle Vigne</span>

Santa Maria delle Vigne is a Roman Catholic basilica church in Genoa, Italy. It was built in the 10th century. The main altar was completed in 1730 by Giacomo Antonio Ponsonelli. The church is also the final resting place of the leading early Italian composer Alessandro Stradella, who was murdered in 1682.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">I Gesuiti, Venice</span> Church in Veneto, Italy

The church of Santa Maria Assunta, known as I Gesuiti, is a religious building in Venice, Italy. It is located in the sestiere of Cannaregio, in Campo dei Gesuiti, not far from the Fondamenta Nuove.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basilica di Nostra Signora Assunta, Genoa</span>

Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Genoa, in the Province of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy. This church was constructed during 1610–1624. The Baroque-style facade was added in 1932, design of the architect Piero de Barbieri; the sculptor Luigi Venzano contributed the facade statues of St. John the Baptist and St. Joseph, while the central relief depicts the Madonna. The interior was decorated across the centuries and includes works by Giulio Benso, Domenico Piola, Nicolò Barabino, and Gian Stefano Rossi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Siro (Genoa)</span>

San Siro is a Roman Catholic basilica located on the street of the same name, in the quartiere of the Maddalena in central Genoa, Liguria, Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Filippo Neri, Genoa</span>

San Filippo Neri is a Baroque-style church on via Lomellini in central Genoa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sacro Cuore del Suffragio</span> Roman Catholic church building in Rome, Italy

Sacro Cuore di Gesù in Prati, also known as Sacro Cuore del Suffragio, is a catholic church in the centre of Rome (Italy), rising in the rione Prati, hosting the parish with the same name, entrusted to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chioggia Cathedral</span> Church in Italy

Chioggia Cathedral is the main place of worship in Chioggia, Italy, in the south of the Venetian Lagoon. It dates from 1627. The interior contains many interesting works of art.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Genoese School (painting)</span> Italian art movement

The Genoese School was a regional movement in Italian painting, initiated in the 17th century. The Republic of Genoa was a rich oligarchic republic, where the authorities were powerful bankers. Unlike Florence, Ferrara, Rome, Rimini, and Venice, Genoa was not developed into a significant arts center during the Renaissance. An original school of painting arose in the 1600s, developing Flemish contacts after visits by Rubens and van Dyck. The best painter was Bernardo Strozzi, called il Cappuccino, of great importance also for Venice. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Grecchetto, took up a genre already made famous by Sinibaldo Scorza with paintings of animals and still lifes under Flemish and Venetian influence. Domenico Fiasella and Gioacchino Assereto joined the Caravaggesque followers, while Valerio Castello was more eclectic. The decorators Domenico Piola and Gregorio de Ferrari worked in the churches and palaces of Genoa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Giovanni Battista, Chiavari</span>

San Giovanni Batista is a Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Bighetti #61 in the town of Chiavari, in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, region of Liguria, Italy.

References

  1. "Le Chiese Gentilizie". chiesadigenova.it. Arcidiocesi di Genova. Retrieved 2 January 2018.