San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna
44°29′44.01″N 11°20′56.05″E / 44.4955583°N 11.3489028°E
Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore | ||
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Year consecrated 1344 | | |
Location | ||
Location | Via Zamboni 15, Bologna (BO), Italy | |
Architecture | ||
Style | Romanesque-Gothic | |
Groundbreaking | 1267 | |
Completed | 1315 | |
Materials | Istrian stone |
The
History
A community of
In the 15th century the
The Augustinian friars were expelled during the
Description
Exterior
The facade is the oldest part of the church, with its late-Romanesque proportions. The decorations in Istrian stone on the ogival windows, in Venetian style, were added by Lombardy masters in 1295. The four funerary cells were added in the early 14th century, shortly after those in the portico, which date to the 13th century and had frescoes (now inside the church); the original entrance protyrus was modified in the same period.
The portico, traditionally attributed to
The church has a Renaissance dome designed by Antonio Morandi.
Interior
The interior has Renaissance and Baroque decorations. The vaults have frescoes executed in 1495 by Francia and
Bentivoglio Chapel
This element of the basilica was designed by
Poggi Chapel
This chapel was built by
Other
Other artworks include Polyptych of the Holy Cross Relic by Paolo Veneziano, a Virgin in Glory by Bartolomeo Cesi (late 16th century), and an early 15th-century late Gothic crucifix in the Malvezzi Chapel.
Notes
- ^ "Parrochia: San Giacomo Maggiore". L'Arcidiocesi di Bologna (in Italian).
- ^ Farquhar, Maria (1855). Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters, by a lady [M. Farquhar] ed. by R.O. Wornum. p. 179. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
- ISBN 978-1-58839-379-1. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
- ISBN 978-0-549-89968-6. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
References
- Raule, Angelo (1999). San Giacomo Maggiore in Bologna. Bologna: A. Nanni.