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Chiesa di San Cristoforo (Ascoli Piceno)

La chiesa di San Cristoforo, detta anche chiesa della Confraternita della Buona Morte, è un luogo di culto cattolico ubicato nel centro storico di Ascoli Piceno, nel quartiere di Santa Maria Intervineas. Storia e descrizione Sorge nello stesso sito dove, in precedenza, era presente un'altra chiesa, risalente al XIV secolo. L'edificio fu poi ricostruito nel 1593-98 e venne completata del tutto nel 1790. La facciata, in via d'Argillano, estremamente lineare e semplificata è di forma rettangolare e intonacata, risale al 1603 e su cui si apre un portale riquadrato in travertino, recante sull'architrave l'iscrizione "DOMUS MEA EST DOMUS ORATIONIS", sormontato da una lapide di forma mistilinea. Sul muro del lato esterno dell'edificio, in corrispondenza di corso Mazzini, ci sono una meridiana e, in prossimità dello spigolo est, la Fonte dei Cani, costruita nel 1823 da Ignazio Cantalamessa, costituita in realtà da due leoni accovacciati, risalenti al XIII secolo, sorreggenti col dorso il bacino sovrastante. Interno All'interno, a navata unica, sono presenti tre altari in stile barocco, in gessone ascolano opera di Giuseppe Giosafatti. Da non trascurare le tele: quella posta sull'altare maggiore raffigura San Cristoforo e Sant'Emidio, mentre, sull'altare di destra è raffigurato il Miracolo di San Nicola di Bari, entrambe di Lodovico Trasi. La tela raffigurante Le anime purganti, posta sulla parete destra, è di Nicola Monti. L'altare di sinistra, pressoché identico a quello posto sulla parete di fronte, fu probabilmente realizzato da Lazzaro Giosafatti successivamente agli altri due, ed ospita la Madonna dei Sette Dolori, di autore anonimo del XVII secolo. È presente nella chiesa un organo a canne datato 1763 di Gaetano Callido (op.3) la più antica opera superstite del celebre organaro. Note Bibliografia Antonio Rodilossi, Ascoli Piceno città d'arte, Modena, "Stampa & Stampa" Gruppo Euroarte Gattei, Grafiche STIG, 1983, p. 90; Cristiano Marchegiani, I Giosafatti. La parabola barocca di una dinastia artistica veneto - picena, Pescara, Carsa Edizioni, 2017 Voci correlate San Cristoforo Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su chiesa di San Cristoforo Collegamenti esterni Chiesa di San Cristoforo, su BeWeB, Ufficio nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana.
Santo Stefano, Macerata

Santo Stefano, also called the Chiesa dei Cappuccini Vecchi, is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Fonte Maggiore, about a mile north of the town Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. History The Capuchin order came to Macerata in 1544, and as was common for Franciscan order, established itself outside the city walls in this rural location. In 1603, however, they relocated into town, and the church became parish church of the Contrada Santo Stefano. Soon thereafter, the present church was erected. The façade is serene and sober with monumental Doric pilasters supporting an unadorned triangular tympanum. The central portal has a rounded pediment. This church has a Latin cross layout with three chapels on each side. The main altarpiece is a Death of St Joseph attributed to the studio of Carlo Maratta. The interior also has a fresco image of a Madonna della Fede derived from a nearby chapel. References
Santa Maria Assunta, Sarnano

Santa Maria Assunta is a Roman Catholic collegiate church located in the Piazza Alta of the town of Sarnano, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. History The brick church was erected in the 13th century; the bell-tower, rising near the apse, dates from the 14th century. The façade has two mullioned windows and a sculpted stone portal, with a bas-relief in the lunette depicting the Assumption of the Madonna. The interior houses painting depicting a Madonna and Child with Saints by Antonio and Giangentile di Lorenzo, a 15th-century Madonna and Child with Angels by Lorenzo D’Alessandro (father of Antonio and Giangentile), and a Holy Trinity (1530) painted by Paolo Bontulli from Percanestro di Serravalle. It also houses a wooden processional standard depicting the Annunciation and Crucifixion by Giovanni Angelo d'Antonio and a Madonna della Misericordia (1494) by Pietro Alemanno, as well as panels from a polyptych depicting Saints by Niccolò Alunno and 15th-century wooden statues for a presepio or nativity scene by unknown Tyrolese artisans. The crypt also has frescoed dated 1494 by Pietro Alemanno. References
Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta (Sarnano)

La chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta, conosciuta anche come Santa Maria di Piazza Alta è la chiesa-collegiata che si erge sul punto più alto del centro storico nel comune di Sarnano, in provincia di Macerata e arcidiocesi di Camerino-San Severino Marche; fa parte della vicaria di San Ginesio. Storia La chiesa risale al XIII secolo e venne costruita grazie a dei monaci benedettini, stanziati originariamente nell'Abbazia di San Biagio di Piobbico, che vollero costruire un oratorio a Sarnano. Costruita da maestranze locali in laterizio, venne terminata alla fine del XIV secolo, precisamente nel 1398 con l'erezione del campanile e il posizionamento delle campane. Il 23 agosto 1506 venne approvato il nuovo statuto comunale, che condannava tutti coloro che prendevano parte a giochi proibiti nelle chiese, nei chiostri e nelle loro vicinanze all'interno del territorio comunale. Il titolo di Collegiata venne dato alla struttura solo nel 1834 su concessione di Gregorio XVI, dopo la precedente concessione che papa Pio VII donò nel 1818. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale, i materiali in ferro presenti nel territorio comunale vennero trasformasti in materiale bellico e riconvertiti, ma le campane della collegiata e delle altre chiese venne risparmiata. La chiesa venne restaurata nel dopoguerra dall'ingegnere Mariano Gavasci, che fece buttare giù il portico, restaurò gli affreschi, riaprì l'accesso alla cripta e aggiunse dipinti e vetrate nella zona dell'abside. Colpita dal terremoto del 2016 e del 2017 e vista l'inagibilità strutturale, il 10 novembre dello stesso anno i vigili del fuoco portarono in salvo le opere d'arte su indicazione della Soprintendenza. Ora la collegiata è parzialmente inagibile. Descrizione La facciata della chiesa è a capanna, con un ingresso decorato con cornici e ghiere fortemente decorati. Al di sopra del portone un piccolo tetto sormonta l'ingresso, posto su dei sostegni costruiti a forma di animale. Le figure rappresentate sono figure religiose. Internamente la chiesa presenta una sola navata, dove sulla sinistra sono presenti tre cappelline. Al disotto del presbiterio, è presente la cripta del XIII secolo, la prima costruzione della chiesa, collegata con la parte superiore attraverso delle scalinate poste in prossimità dell'altare. All'interno della chiesa sono presenti numerosi affreschi e dipinti di numerosi artisti, tra cui Lorenzo d’Alessandro, Paolo Bontulli, Pietro Alemanno, Giovanni Angelo d'Antonio e di Nicolò Alunno. Note Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta Collegamenti esterni Sito ufficiale, su sarnanoturismo.it. Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, su BeWeB, Ufficio nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana. Chiesa di Santa Maria di Piazza Alta, su sarnanoturismo.it.
San Lorenzo, San Lorenzo in Campo

The Abbey of San Lorenzo is a Roman Catholic basilica church, formerly part of a Benedictine monastery, located on Via San Demetrio #4 in San Lorenzo in Campo, province of Pesaro e Urbino, region of Marche, Italy. It was elevated to a basilica church in 1943 by Pope Pius XII. History A Benedictine abbey was established here by monks from Sant’Apollinare in Classe, and erected as this site, which once had a pagan temple of Adonis. The church was erected in late-Romanesque/early-Gothic-style with three naves. The columns in the nave derive from spolia, originating from granite of Egypt. The apse dates to the 9th century. The main altar is made from various marbles. The crypt is found below the main altar and had two 17th-century crucifixes by Fra Innocenzo da Petralia. It also housed an urn, putatively with the relics of St Demetrius, returned to the city of Salonica in Greece. The interior of the abbey has a Madonna and Saints with scenes of the Passion (1535) by Ercole Ramazzani. There is a canvas depicting St Demetrius and St Laurence receiving the martyrs' palms from a Jesus Child held by the Madonna (1530) by Pietro Paolo Agabito. References
San Paolo, Fiastra

Santa Paolo Apostolo is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Bartocci in the town of Fiastra, province of Macerata, in the region of Marche, Italy. History A church is documented at the site since 1234. It was defined by a basilica layout with three naves, but it was refurbished over the centuries starting in the 18th century, in part due to earthquake damage. The present church mostly was designed in 1833. The three rounded apses of the earlier Romanesque church were converted into a single square space. The chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento has a rich stucco decoration, similar to the Bolognese church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The main altarpiece of the church was once a Conversion of Paul the Apostle by Giovan Battista Gaulli. The painting is now sheltered in the palazzo comunale. The belltower was rebuilt in 1914 at the site of a former watchtower of an adjacent castle. References
Santa Maria delle Grazie, Loro Piceno

Santa Maria delle Grazie is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located on Via Garibaldi in the town of Loro Piceno, province of Macerata, in the region of Marche, Italy. History Thi church was built in 1666 under the patronage of the Confraternity of the Santissimo Sacramento, who maintained ownership until the 19th century. It underwent reconstructions in 1724 and 1777, and restorations in 1939, 1951 and during the 1980s. The brick façade has monumental pilasters holding a triangular tympanum with a central oculus. The interior has a single nave. The arch overlooking the presbytery has rich stucco decoration with an inscription: DABO GRA - TIAM POPULO. The lateral walls of the nave contain mirrors in the stucco with rich sculptural decoration and two paintings depicting the Translation of the Holy House of Loreto with the Madonna and Saints Liborio, Francis, Mark and Anne. The stucco ceiling decorations includes depictions of doves, symbolizing the Holy Spirit. References
Chiesa del Suffragio, Matelica

The Chiesa del Suffragio, also known as the Chiese delle Anime Purganti (Church of the Suffering or Church of the Souls in Purgatory), is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church and monastery located in Piazza Mattei in the city center of Matelica, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. History The church was commissioned by the Confraternity Del Suffragio, which was founded in 1684. Work on the church was completed in 1715. The brick facade has monumental pilasters upholding a triangular tympanum, flanking a white stone portal with a rounded pediment. In the presbytery are two chapels dedicated to Saints Sebastian and Lucy. An elliptical dome covers the nave, with a cupula frescoed with Jesus in Glory with Angels. The main altarpiece depicts Christ and the Souls in Purgatory by the studio of Biagio Puccini, which also painted the works in the lateral chapels. References
Sanctuary of San Girio, Potenza Picena

The Sanctuary of San Girio is a Roman Catholic church located in the town limits of Potenza Picena, province of Macerata, in the region of Marche, Italy. History The church, originally built over the tomb of the saint in 1298, was rebuilt in 1560. In 1936, was transformed into three aisles and enriched with new facade and new bell tower. In 1951, the apse was rebuilt, uncovering the more ancient crypt. The frescoes in the interior were painted by Ciro Pavisa and depict the life of the saint. Inside the sanctuary, Benedetto Biancolini painted a canvas depicting San Girio, where you can see an ancient view of the village of Monte Santo (former name of Potenza Picena). According to tradition, the saint, born in 1274 in Lunel in now Southern-France, and he decided to abandon all wealth to journey in pilgrimage with his brother to Palestine. After reaching Rome, he wanted to join the bishop of Ancona, but during the journey, in the territory of Monte Santo, caught by large and sudden pain, he died, despite the care of his brother. Upon his death, the bells of Pieve Santo Stefano miraculously began to play. When the inhabitants of Recanati and Monte Santo fought for the remains of the saint, a child in swaddling spoke and said that they were to leave two oxen without driving determine where to bury the body: the oxen stopped at the present site of the Sanctuary. References
Santa Maria Assunta di Castelnuovo, Recanati

Santa Maria Assunta di Castelnuovo is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Angelo Giunta in the town limits of Recanati, province of Macerata, in the region of Marche, Italy. It is the oldest church structure in town. History A church at the site was present by the mid-12th century, built initially in Romanesque-style and affiliated with a Benedictine monastery, derived and subsidiary to the Abbey of Fonte Avellana. By the 17th century, the church became property of the Bishop of Recanati. The gabled facade was refurbished in the thirteenth century: into the facade are inserted two Gothic round rose windows, one semicircular lunette window, and a rounded stone portal decorated with a bas-relief of the Madonna Enthroned with Archangels Michael and Gabriel (1253) sculpted by Mastro Nicola Anconetano. The bell-tower at the rear of the church dates to the 12th century, and was found to have 15th-century fresco fragments inside that are attributed to Pietro da Recanati. The Romanesque interior is subdivided into a nave and two lateral aisles by sturdy pilasters and rounded arches. The presbytery with the altar is separated by flanking arches from the nave, a separation common in churches belonging to cloistered orders. The stone cross, currently above the baptismal font, was formerly in the central rose window. A fresco depicting a Madonna and Child is attributed to Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano. Among the paintings once in this church was a Transfiguration by Lorenzo Lotto and a polyptych by Guglielmo Veneziano, both housed by 12016 in the Pinacoteca of Villa Colloredo Mels. The church also once had an altarpiece depicting the Conversion of St Paul by Felice Damiani, and a Virgin and Child with St Catherine of Alexandria by Andrea Pasqualino Marini. References
San Francesco, Potenza Picena

San Francesco is a Roman Catholic former-church located in the town limits of Potenza Picena, province of Macerata, in the region of Marche, Italy. History Tradition holds that this at this site, near a church dedicated to San Nicola di Bari, was the spot where St Francis gathered with some fellow monks in the year 1222–1223. This gathering would become the nucleus of the founding of the monastery at the site. The church, while called San Francesco, is actually dedicated to St Nicholas, represented in the painting above the altar. Papal documents from the first half of the thirteenth century assert the assignment of the property to the Franciscan order. After a short transfer to Monte "Grugliano" (or Coriolanus), the Conventual Franciscans returned to St Nicholas to the 1298. The present church was built from 1766 to 1778. The design of the tall bell tower is attributed to the architect Pietro Augustoni. An inventory, compiled in 1729 (now in the Archives of Fermo diocese), takes note that the church had two naves and six altars, including the main altar. Among the paintings in the church was an polyptych altarpiece (1493), now dispersed, by Vittore Crivelli. Also lost since that inventory are also the frescoes for the chapel of Santa Venera of the Albanians (1491) painted by Ludovico Urbani. But 15th-century frescoes remain in the wall of the stairs leading to the choir parts of frescoes, supposedly depicting a "Visitation." The lateral altars have paintings depicting the "Miracle of St Joseph of Cupertino", a "Nativity" and the "Transit of Sant'Andrea Avellino". The two painted canvases, to the sides of the main altar-piece, depict the Papal approval of the Franciscan rule. The monastery, largely demolished in the second half of the 19th century, in 2016 houses a civic Library, the Historical Archives and the Civic Art Gallery. References
San Giovanni Battista, Porto Recanati

San Giovanni Battista is a Neoclassic-style, Roman Catholic church located on Corso Giacomo Matteotti in the town of Porto Recanati, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. History The town of Porto Recanati only gradually separated from Recanati. A medieval church was once found inside the castle of the town, dedicated also to St John the Baptist. In 1571, the church was elevated to a parish church. As the population grew, there was a need for a larger church. Plans for a larger church were drawn up in 1779, but instead of enlarging the constricted castle church, a new one was begun in 1784 and completed a year later at the cost of 6700 lire. The architect was Luigi Paglialunga from Fermo. The layout is octagonal. In 1804 new pilasters were added to support the roof. In 1828 the small castle church was razed and the materials used in the restoration of this church. The 18th century frescoes in the church were covered over in the 19th century during restorations. The church houses a canvas by Baldassare Peruzzi depicting St John the Baptist and a 15th-century Madonna del Soccorso moved here in 1828 from the chapel of the Castello Svevo. It has 14 wooden statues depicting scenes of the Via Crucis. References
Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Porto Recanati)

La chiesa di San Giovanni Battista è la parrocchiale di Porto Recanati, in provincia e diocesi di Macerata; fa parte dell'unità pastorale 11 di Porto Recanati. Storia L'originaria chiesa di San Giovanni Battista era ubicata nel castello; di essa rimangono ancora due strette finestrelle a mo' di feritoia visibili nel muro di cinta della rocca. Questo luogo di culto fu eretto a parrocchiale nel 1571, mentre i confini della nuova parrocchia furono stabiliti in maniera univoca solo quasi quarant'anni dopo, nel corso del sinodo diocesano svoltosi nel 1609. Nella seconda metà del Settecento questa chiesetta era ormai insufficiente a soddisfare le esigenze dei fedeli, così nel 1779 i questi ultimi, con il fine di ampliare l'edificio, chiesero la somma di 500 lire al comune recanatese, il quale, però, ne mise a disposizione solo 150. Allora, il vescovo di Recanati e Loreto Ciriaco Vecchioni stabilì che il nuovo luogo di culto fosse costruito da zero nel centro del paese e l'ingegnere Luigi Paglialunga fu incaricato di redigerne il progetto; la parrocchiale neoclassica venne così realizzata nel biennio 1784-1785. Già ai primi dell'Ottocento, però, si rssero necessari degli interventi di consolidamento e di restauro, tanto che nel 1828 la vecchia chiesetta del castello fu demolita per riutilizzarne i materiali durante gli interventi di sistemazione della parrocchiale. Demolizione Esterno La facciata in laterizio della chiesa, rivolta a sudovest, presenta centralmente il portale d'ingresso architravato e sopra una finestra ed è coronato dal timpano di forma triangolare. Il campanile, posto sul retro della chiesa, presenta una cella suddivisa in due registri, ognuno dei quali presenta su ogni lato una monofora. Interno L'interno dell'edificio si compone di un'unica navata a pianta ottagonale, sulla quale si affacciano le cappellette laterali e al cui centro si innalzano quattro alte colonne terminanti con capitelli corinzi e sorreggenti la trabeazione modanata e aggettante sopra la quale si imposta la volta a vela; al termine dell'aula si sviluppa il presbiterio, rialzato di un gradino, coperto da volta a botte e chiuso dalla parete di fondo piatta. Qui sono conservate diverse opere di pregio, tra le quali la Via Crucis e l'icona della Madonna del Soccorso, proveniente dell'antica cappella in castello. Note Voci correlate Porto Recanati Diocesi di Macerata Regione ecclesiastica Triveneto Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file sulla chiesa di San Giovanni Battista Collegamenti esterni Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, su orarimesse.it. URL consultato il 4 giugno 2026. Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, su BeWeB, Ufficio nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana.
San Francesco, Pioraco

San Francesco is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in the town of Pioraco, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. History The church was built in the first decade of the 14th century, completed in 1327, along with the adjacent Franciscan monastery. It was built putatively atop the ruins of an Ancient Roman theater. The external structure retains some late-Romanesque features including a polygonal apse, but also have Gothic mullioned window above the portal. The stone façade is plain except for the round white stone main portal. The interior has a wooden ceiling made with cassettoni or coffers, added in 1730. This ceiling and other baroque refurbishments eliminated some of the original frescoes depicting the life of the saint. The altar of the Crucifix was erected in 1622, by the guild of papermakers. The church also houses a canvas depicting San Carlo Borromeo by an unknown Bolognese painter. The canvases depicting the Via Crucis were painted by Mancini. Two 17th-century wooden statues depict Our Lady of Sorrows and the Apostle John. The church also has a stone sculpture of a Pietà. Modern day In 1984, the convent became the home of the municipal offices. On Holy Friday a procession leaves this church and wends its way to the church of the Madonna della Grotta. References
Santa Maria Assunta, Ussita

Santa Maria Assunta is a Romanesque and Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in the town of Ussita, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. History The church was built in the 14th century. The façade had a rose window and narrow peaked lateral windows. The interior has 15th-century frescoes by Paolo da Visso and 16th-century frescoes by Camillo and Fabio Angelucci. The church suffered grave damage from the 2016 earthquake. References
San Giuseppe Calasanzio, Correggio

San Giuseppe Calasanzio is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Bernieri in the historic center of the town of Correggio, province of Reggio Emilia, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The church was deconsecrated in 1972, and was damaged by the 1996 earthquake. History The church was erected in 1567, initially dedicated to St Dominic and affiliated with an adjacent Dominican order monastery. At that era, the church abutted the city walls. The present dedication to St Joseph Calasanz derives from the Piarist who officiated at the church from 1783 to 1810. The layout is that of a Post-Tridentine late-Renaissance-style, with a long nave with five chapels on the right and four chapels on the left, a short transept and a deep apse. The altar of the left transept is dedicated to the Madonna del Rosario. Other altars are decorated with stucco and scagliola. The bell tower was erected in 1613. The roof of the belfry is a truncated pyramid, a shape acquired after damage from the 1832 earthquake. Among the interior decorations, the altarpiece in the third chapel on the left, once depicted a Beata Vergine delle Grazie. The icon was moved to replace the altarpiece in the chapel once dedicated to St Dominic. The original main altarpiece depicts the Assumption of the Virgin and was commissioned by cardinal Girolamo Bernieri around 1600 and painted by Federico Zuccari. The painting is now in the apse of the Reggio Emilia Cathedral. In 1783, this altarpiece was replaced with a painting depicting Beato Giuseppe Calasanzio in Glory and Miracles of the Blessed Calasanzio (1784) by Giovanni Filiberto Pagani. While this painting is still in this church, most of the other altarpieces are now exhibited in the Civic Museum of Correggio. References