Santa Maria Assunta, Genoa
| Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta | ||
|---|---|---|
Year consecrated 1951 | | |
| Status | Active | |
| Location | ||
| Location | Genoa, Italy | |
| Geographic coordinates | 44°24′07.33″N 8°56′06.35″E / 44.4020361°N 8.9350972°E | |
| Architecture | ||
| Type | Church | |
| Style | Renaissance | |
| Groundbreaking | 1522 | |
| Completed | 19th century | |
Santa Maria Assunta is a Renaissance church in Genoa, Italy.[1] It is located in a residential sector called Carignano located on the hills just above the city center, thus the church is also known as Santa Maria Assunta di Carignano.
Structure and facade
The church is on the
Interior decoration
The interior is lavishly decorated by late Renaissance and Baroque artists.
The four niches of the interior of the pylons of the dome have statues of Blessed Alessandro Sauli and St Sebastian (1668), (right) by
The altars along the right nave include paintings of St Peter Healing the Lame (1694–1696) at the first altar by
The altars along the left nave include paintings of Blessed Alessandro Sauli Stops the Plague, (c. 1630) at the fifth altar by Domenico Fiasella; Pietà, (c. 1571) at the sixth altar by Luca Cambiaso; Last Judgement, lateral to sixth altar by Aurelio Lomi and Vision of St Domenic by Domenico Fiasella; Madonna with Saints Charles Borromeo and Francis of Assisi, (c. 1620) at the seventh altar by Giulio Cesare Procaccini; and St Francis of Assisi receives stigmata, at the eighth altar by Guercino.
The presbytery and main altar have paintings depicting of the Last Supper and Flight to Egypt by
Sources
- Preste, Torti, Viazzi (1997). Sei itinerari in Portoria. Genoa: Samizdat. p. 119.
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References
- ^ "Le Chiese Gentilizie". chiesadigenova.it. Arcidiocesi di Genova. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
