San Giorgio in Braida, Verona
Church of San Giorgio in Braida | |
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Roman Catholic | |
Location | |
Location | Verona, Italy |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Michele Sanmicheli (dome) |
Type | Church |
Style | Renaissance |
Groundbreaking | 16th century |
San Giorgio in Braida is a
History
In April 1046, the deacon of the
By 1051, the monastery was generally complete, and the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III placed it under his protection. By 1121, the monastery had a church. The 12th-century bell tower is what remains of the monastery.[3]
By 1127, the then bishop Bernardo expelled the monks for "keeping an abbey in a situation of spiritual, temporal, and material degradation". By 1132, the bishop with the blessing of
Architecture
The present church was built in the 16th century in the medieval quarter of Veronetta. The facade is marble white with two rows of pillars. The statues of St. George and St.
The interior has a single nave built between 1536 and 1543, and contains above the main door a Tintoretto depicting the Baptism of Christ. The altarpiece of the main altar is Paolo Veronese's masterpiece, The Martyrdom of St George (1564).[3] Paolo Farinati's The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes is accounted his masterpiece.
In 1776 were cast the six bells tuned in the scale of G major, on which was developed the
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Southern exposure
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View from the left bank of the Adige
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The Martyrdom of St. George, by Paolo Veronese, 1564
References
- ^ Gio. M. Allodi (1856). Serie cronologica dei vescovi di Parma con alcuni cenni sui principali avvenimenti civili (in Italian). Vol. I. Parma: P. Fiaccadori. pp. 118–119.
- ^ "San Giorgio in Braida", Fondazione Verona Minor Hierusalem
- ^ a b c "Chiesa di San Giorgio in Braida", CurateND
- ^ Il monastero benedettino di S. Giorgio in Braida a Verona: nuove prospettive di ricerca sulla rifabbrica romanica (Sec XII), by Angelo Passuello, Rivista del Centro Storico Benedittino Italiano, Anno 61, Fasc. 2, July–December 2014, page 320-325.
Sources
- Borelli, G. (1980). Chiese e monasteri di Verona. Verona: Banca popolare di Verona.
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