Santissima Trinità, Verona
The Church of the Santissima Trinità (Chiesa della Santissima Trinità) is a
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History
A church at this site was built in 1073 by
Matilde di Canossa and Fulcone d'Este.[2] In 1117, the church was dedicated to the Holy Trinity, but that same year, an earthquake devastated the town and required extensive reconstruction for both the church and monastery. The church was made a parish church in 1336, it was enlarged in the 16th-century with the addition of an atrium and a Loggia delle Convertite.[3] By the 1441, the abbey was abandoned by the Vallombrosans, and by 1536, it had become a prison. During the 19th century, the church fell into ruin. The adjacent cloister was partially razed in the early 19th-century,[4]
and during the 19th century, the church was attached to initially Salesian nuns, then the order of Stimatini. The cloisters and the Chapel of the House of Loreto were also destroyed in the aerial bombardment of April 6, 1945.
The original facade, seen inside the
Veronese bellringing art. [6]
Among the main works: a sculpture of the Trinity by
Felice Brusasorzi, and Giovanni Battista Caliari.[7]
References
- ^ Lombard Architecture, Volume 3, by Arthur Kingsley Porter, (1917), pages 515-516.
- ^ Parish, official website.
- ^ Paris officia website.
- ^ A. K. Porter, page 516
- ^ Tourism office of Verona.
- ^ Parish official website.
- ^ Parish official website.