place

San Zeno al Foro, Brescia

17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in ItalyBaroque architecture in BresciaRoman Catholic churches in Brescia
Chiesa San Zeno al Foro Brescia
Chiesa San Zeno al Foro Brescia

San Zeno al Foro is a church in center of the city of Brescia, situated in Piazza del Foro on the Via dei Musei, a few yards from the ruins of the Roman Capitoline temple in the city. A church at the site had been present from the 12th century. The present Baroque structure was completed about 1745. The interior, entrance and presbytery, is decorated by four canvases depicting Prayer in the Garden, Baptism of Christ, Annunciation, and Birth of Jesus, (1741) by Antonio Paglia. In the first altar to the right is a painting dedicated to the Saced Heart of Jesus by Cesare Bortolotti, that in 1888 replaced an altarpiece by Paglia. The second altar on the left has a Pieta by Francesco Monti; his Death of St Anne was replaced in 1857 in the second altar on the right with a painting of the same topic by Luigi Campini . The first altar on the left dedicated to Saints Erasmo and Venanzio was painted by Giuseppe Tortelli. The Baroque main altar is highly decorated with colored marble. The tabernacle is sculpted out of semi-precious stones, including lapis lazuli. The altarpiece was painted (1739) by Giovanni Battista Sassi. The choir stalls are carved with scenes from the life of the bishop St Zeno. The organ was built in 1877 by Tonoli.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article San Zeno al Foro, Brescia (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

San Zeno al Foro, Brescia
Via dei Musei, Brescia

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address External links Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: San Zeno al Foro, BresciaContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 45.53936 ° E 10.22598 °
placeShow on map

Address

Chiesa di San Zeno al Foro

Via dei Musei
25212 Brescia (Zona Centro)
Lombardy, Italy
mapOpen on Google Maps

linkWikiData (Q3672218)
linkOpenStreetMap (197997302)

Chiesa San Zeno al Foro Brescia
Chiesa San Zeno al Foro Brescia
Share experience

Nearby Places

Old Cathedral, Brescia
Old Cathedral, Brescia

The Duomo Vecchio or Old Cathedral (also called "La Rotonda" because of its round layout) is a Roman Catholic church in Brescia, Italy; the rustic circular Romanesque co-cathedral stands next to the Duomo Nuovo (New Cathedral) of Brescia. It is officially known as the Winter Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, while the adjacent main cathedral is known as the Summer Cathedral. It is one of the most important examples of Romanesque round church in Italy.While some claims for an earlier construction exist, the earliest documents state that construction of the cathedral started about 1100 on the site of a prior church with a basilica layout. It has a circular shape that became rare after the Council of Trent, and is one of the most prominent round churches of the period still remaining. There are 13th century frescoes on the interior walls, and a large canvas by Francesco Maffei showing the church with a bell tower, which has since collapsed.In the 19th century, many additions to the original medieval building were removed. The entrance portal is one later addition remaining. It contains the medieval Crypt of San Filastrio, in honor of the beatified Brescian bishop.Near the entrance, rests the sarcophagus of Bishop Berardo Maggi (1308) made of red marble. The Duomo Vecchio contains l'Assunta (1526) and St. Luke, St. Mark and the sleeping Elijah (1533–1534) by Moretto da Brescia. It contains a Gathering Manna by Gerolamo Romanino and a Translation of the Bodies of Saints by Francesco Maffei.