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San Francesco is an ancient, Roman Catholic church and convent, rebuilt in Baroque style in the hill-town of Larino, in the Province of Campobasso, Region of Molise, Italy. ==History== San Francesco was originally constructed in the 14th-century, contemporary with cathedral, and refurbished in the 18th-century. The facade has Romanesque carved spolia from the 9th century. The vault of the church presbytery has a large fresco depicting ''Glory of St Francis'' by Paolo Gamba. Gamba also painted the ''Assumption'' (1747) and the ''Evangelists'' in the cupola roof. One of the evangelists is supposed to be a portrait of the artist. Gamba also likely painted the ''St Vincent Ferrer'' and ''St Lucia with Angels in Glory''. The 18th-century reconstructions removed the wooden roof, and left highly decorative interior decorations of marble, stucco, and ironwork. The baroque choir has an organ painted with the Franciscan order symbols (two arms crossed with the cross in the middle). Much of the side altars have painted statuary from the 18th and 19th centuries, including a ''St Roch'' by Paolo Saverio Di Zinno. A deteriorated canvas depicting the ''Expulsion of the Merchants from the Temple'' is attributed to Francesco Solimena. A ''San Pardo'' is attributed to Luca Giordano. The convent was suppressed in 1809.〔(Region of Molise tourism office ), entry.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Francesco, Larino」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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