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Project • By Miralles Tagliabue EMBT • Churches
San Giacomo Apostolo Church
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE URBAN ENVIRONMENTThe 'San Giacomo Apostolo' parish complex is a catalyst for the area in which it is located, forming a new nerve center capable of creating identity in the local community and promoting socialization, education and interaction within it.The building is structured as a kindly and open presence to the inhabitants, thanks to a light and organic architecture that contrasts with the solid and compact materiality of the historical preexistence of Ferrara. The slender profile of the trees encloses the plot, creating an intimate and familiar environment, in which the building dominates the scene with its sculptural forms, but at the same time dialogues with the surrounding nature thanks to a language inspired... More
Project • By iGuzzini • Chapels
The Oratory of San Giorgio
The Oratory of San Giorgio is a consecrated church that overlooks the forecourt of the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua. It was commissioned as a family funerary chapel by Raimondino Lupi di Soragna, a soldier and diplomat at the service of the da Carrara Signoria. Building work began in 1377 and ended in 1384 with a fresco cycle painted by Altichiero da Zevio. Thanks to these frescoes, the Oratory of San Giorgio is considered to be the “Scrovegni Chapel at the other end of the fourteenth century”.In fact, the influence of Giotto’s nearby masterpiece is undeniable, for example, in the starry sky of the vault. On the counter-façade, the frescoes show stories of the Birth of Christ (the Nativity, the Adoration of the... More
Project • By Ceresa Architetto • Churches
Chiesa
The parish of St. Andrew the Apostle is located in the hamlet of the municipality of Veleso. The town stands in a dominant position on the slope of Mount S. Primo, occupying an open plateau in the valley of Nesso.The church, with a single nave, has got ancient foundations, date back to 1500 and there was a hospital attached which served the town (from "Node Books").Thanks by consulting the parish historical archives it is clear that the Parish became independent from Veleso the 28th April, 1749 and underwent an enlargement intervention in 1851, it is reported that in 1850 the first stone was laid and that the 12th October 1851 the works were terminated, the official consecration was made by Monsignor Carsana the 8th September 1874.It has me... More