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The church of San Martino, dedicated to St Martin of Tours is a Baroque architecture, Roman Catholic church located on Via Pomponazzo in a quartiere once known as ''San Martino'' in Mantua, region of Lombardy, Italy. ==History== A church at the site is documented by 1127, with the prior belonging to the Benedictine Abbey of Polirone. The simple church underwent major reconstruction from 1680 to 1693 using designs of the Flemish architect and painter Frans Geffels. The vertical façade is highly encrusted with decoration, and has three niches with stucco 18th century statues depicting ''St Martin donating cloak to poor'' (center) and ''Saints Peter and Paul''. The interior also has an elaborate stucco decoration in the style of Michele Costa, as well as a large canvas by Gian Francesco Tura of a ''Madonna with Child with Saints''. A number of other paintings were moved here after the Napoleonic suppression. Among the artworks are: *''The Soldier Martin divides his clothes with the beggars'' by Ippolito Costa *''St Martin resuscitates a child'' by Luigi Niccolini *A series of canvases of Saints and Beatified citizens along the lateral walls including : ''Blessed Osanna Andreasi'', ''Blessed Paola Montaldi'', ''San Giovanni Bono'', and ''Saint Aloysius Gonzaga'' by Luigi Niccolini *''Madonna with Child and Saints'' by Giovanni Francesco Tura *''Madonna with child, St Anne, and St Joseph'' by Pietro Fabbri (1730) *''Annunciation'' oval canvas by Giovanni Canti *''Holy Family'' by Dionisio Mancini *''St Barbara'' by Carlo Mancini, father of Dionisio Mancini *''St Mary Magdalen Penitent'' by Teodoro Ghisi 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 Martino, Mantua」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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