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Daniele Pascale
Chiesa di San Bartolomeo
Cesare
Alessandro
Andrea Galluzzi, Andrea Pozzo, Giorgio Soldati, Giovanni Battista Bassoli, Jacopo Ligozzi, Jean Boulanger, Lorenzo Garbieri, Prospero Pacchioni
The church of San Bartolomeo, one of the greatest examples of Counter-Reformation architecture and art in Modena, is the heart of the Jesuit settlement in the city. Strongly backed by Duke Cesare d’Este in the early 17th century, it was completed in just a few years, excluding the façade, which was not built until 1727.
The interior, with its expansive, wide-ranging space, features Andrea Pozzo’s magnificent perspective fresco on the vault of the nave; another illusionistic fresco imitates the appearance of a dome, which was never actually built. Interesting canvases adorn the side altars, among them the Death of St Joseph by Boulanger.
via Servi, 15-18
MODENA
Modena
Arcidiocesi di Modena-Nonantola
via Grasolfi
Open to visits
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