Santa Maria di Castello
| Santa Maria di Castello | ||
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Year consecrated c. 900 | | |
| Status | Active | |
| Location | ||
| Location | Genoa, Italy | |
| Geographic coordinates | 44°24′20.76″N 8°55′44.39″E / 44.4057667°N 8.9289972°E | |
| Architecture | ||
| Type | Church | |
| Style | Romanesque | |
| Completed | c 900 | |
Santa Maria di Castello is a church and religious complex in Genoa, Italy. Administrated for a long time by the Dominicans, it is located in the Castello hill of the city, where in the Middle Ages a bishop's fortified castle existed. The church is flanked by the large Tower of the Embriaci.
The church, in
The high altar is decorated by a marble group of the "Assumption" by
The baptistery has a polyptych from Lombard masters of the 15th century. The main portal is in Tuscan style (mid-15th century), and is surmounted by a Gothic lunette of the 14th century with a "Crucifixion".
The loggia facing the second cloister has frescoes of Saints, a Madonna and, on the first floor, an Annunciation by Giusto d'Alemagna (1451). In the upper floor has a statue of "St. Catherina of Alexandria" and a marble tabernacle attributed to Domenico Gagini (15th century).
See also
External links
- Official website (in Italian)
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