San Francesco, Urbania
San Francesco is a
, Italy. It has a diverse set of styles reflecting refurbishments over the centuries.History
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St Francis of Assisi himself. The town of Castel delle Ripe was destroyed during wars in 1277. The initial patron for this church was Guglielmo Durante, a papal legate
. The church and an adjacent convent were begun in Romanesque-Gothic style in 1282, and completed by 1290 and consecrated in 1227.
In the 16th century, reconstruction gave the church a Renaissance update, but a further baroque refurbishment, giving the nave undulating walls with echoing cornices, took place in the 18th century. The campanile bell-tower dates to the 15th century. The cloister lunettes have frescoes depicting the Life of St Francis (circa 1570) by Giorgio Picchi. The monastery was transformed into a seminary, active from the 19th century until the 1970s.
The portico on the left in gothic style, attributed to a young Lorenzo Ghiberti, was walled at the end of the 19th century.
Among the works inside the church are:[1][2][3]
- Assumption of the Virgin, in first altar on right by Domenico Peruzzini
- Madonna in Glory with Saints, in apse by Giorgio Picchi
- Nativity (1586) in first altar on left also by Picchi
- Crucifixion in second altar on left by Agostino Apolloni
- Adoration by Magi (1558) in left transept by Giustino Episcopio
- Church organ (1762) by Arcangelo Feligiotti
References
- ^ Museo del Metauro website.
- ^ Urbania tourism site.
- ^ Gruppo Zaffiro website, pamphlet on the church of San Francesco.