Santi Nazaro e Celso, Brescia

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Santi Nazaro e Celso
Collegiata dei Santi Nazaro e Celso frontone Brescia.jpg
Pediment with Christ and six statues of saints
Religion
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Province Brescia
Location
Location Brescia, Italy
Santi Nazaro e Celso, Brescia
Geographic coordinates 45°32′13″N10°12′47″E / 45.537005°N 10.213125°E / 45.537005; 10.213125
Architecture
Type Neoclassic Facade
Groundbreaking13th century
Completed1780

Santi Nazaro e Celso is a church located on Corso Giacomo Matteotti, at the intersection with via Fratelli Bronzetti, in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The church contains the Averoldi Polyptych (1522), a masterwork of Titian.

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History

Originally a church was found at approximately the same site in 1222, in an area that was soon enclosed by enlarged city walls. A major reconstruction began in 1746, by designs of abate Zinelli, and completed in 1781, leading to the statue-topped neoclassical facade we see today. [1] It was interrupted in 1769 by an accidental explosion of a powder magazine at nearby Porta Nazaro. The reconstruction was finally completed, and worship resumed in 1780. Seventeen years later, the college of canons was suppressed, but the church remained functioning as a parish church. The organ in the church was completed by Luigi Amati in 1803.

The entrance has a bust of one of the patrons of the reconstruction, the bishop of Modone, Alessandro Fe. [2]

Interior

Moretto, Coronation of the Virgin with Saints Michael Archangel, Joseph, Francis of Assisi, and Nicola of Bari Incoronazione della Vergine con i santi Michele Arcangelo, Giuseppe, Francesco e Nicola di Bari.jpg
Moretto, Coronation of the Virgin with Saints Michael Archangel, Joseph, Francis of Assisi, and Nicola of Bari

In addition to the polyptych, the church contains the following artworks:

References

  1. ↑ Guida di Brescia rapporto alle arti ed ai monumenti antichi e moderni, by Federico Odorici (1853), page 101-102.
  2. ↑ F. Odorici, page 102.
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