San Carlo Borromeo, Ferrara

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San Carlo Borromeo is a Baroque, Roman Catholic church located on Corso Giovecca #191, a block east of the Castello Estense in Ferrara, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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Facade of San Carlo Ferrara, Chiesa di San Carlo, Facciata (7260190766).jpg
Facade of San Carlo

History

Construction of this church took place from 1612-1623, at the site of a chapel dedicated to Saint Filippo e Giacomo, designed by Alberto Schiatti, for the hospital of Santa Anna, which once extended parallel to the facade. The San Carlo church was designed by Giovanni Battista Aleotti, commissioned by Cardinal Carlo Emmanuele Pio. [1]

The earthquake of 2012 caused closure of the church. Restoration of the facade was recently patronized by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara. [2] By 2013, reinforcement of the roof was complete. [3]

The facade is decorated by emotive statues of saints and two angels holding a heraldic shield. The angels were sculpted by Angelo Putti, and some have attributed all the statues. Behind the facade is an oval layout with two lateral chapels. The apse contain wooden choir stalls.

St Augustine statue, facade. Ferrara, Chiesa san Carlo Borromeo, sant'Agostino.JPG
St Augustine statue, facade.

The nave has stucco statues of the four doctors of the church: Augustine, Gregory the Great, Jerome, and Ambrose by an 18th-century sculptors of the Venetian-school. [4]

The ceiling was frescoed in 1674 by Giuseppe Avanzi with collaboration of the quadraturist Giuseppe Menegatti. [5]

In the center oval, Avanzi painted the Glory of the Virgin with Saints Maurelio and Carlo Borromeo. The lunette over the entrance has a San Carlo painted by Antonio Bonfanti. [6]

Giuseppe Avanzi, Glory of the Virgin with Saints Maurelio and Carlo Borromeo (1674) Giuseppe Avanzi La Vergine in Gloria con i santi Maurelio e Carlo Borromeo Chiesa di San Carlo (Ferrara).jpg
Giuseppe Avanzi, Glory of the Virgin with Saints Maurelio and Carlo Borromeo (1674)

An inventory from 1773 noted to the right of the main altar is the altarpiece of the Virgin and Saints George, Maurelio, and Dominic by Domenico, son of Tintoretto. The four paintings of the Life of the St Carlo were painted by Carlo Borfatti. [7]

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References

  1. Memorie istoriche delle chiese di Ferrara e de' suoi borghi, by Giuseppe Antenore Scalabrini, editor Carlo Coatti (1773), page 139.
  2. ProLoco Ferrara Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine website, entry on church.
  3. Telestense Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine , article dated November 4, 2013.
  4. ProLoco Ferrara website, entry on church.
  5. Guida pel forestiero in Ferrara, by Luigi Napoleone Cittadella, (1873) page 117.
  6. ProLoco Ferrara website, entry on church.
  7. Memorie istoriche delle chiese di Ferrara e de' suoi borghi, by Giuseppe Antenore Scalabrini, editor Carlo Coatti (1773) page 139-140.

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