Santa Maria Nova, Vicenza Explained

Building Name:Church of Santa Maria Nuova
Location:Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Religious Affiliation:Roman Catholic
Architecture:yes
Architect:Andrea Palladio, Domenico Groppino
Architecture Type:Church
Architecture Style:Renaissance
Groundbreaking:1578
Year Completed:1590
Designation1:WHS
Designation1 Offname:City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
Designation1 Date:1994, 1996
Designation1 Number:712bis-001
Designation1 Criteria:C (i) (ii)
Designation1 Type:Cultural
Designation1 Free1name:State Party
Designation1 Free2name:Region
Designation1 Free2value:Europe and North America

Santa Maria Nova is a Roman Catholic church in Vicenza attributed to 1578 designs by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. It is the only complete church design in Vicenza assigned to Palladio, although he did design the Valmarana chapel in Santa Corona, a portal and the cupola of the Cathedral, and the portal of Santa Maria dei Servi.

History

In 1578, a nobleman from Vicenza, Lodovico Trento, funded the reconstruction of a church adjacent to the Augustinian convent of Santa Maria Nova in Borgo Porta Nuova, in the west of the city. Members of the aristocracy often joined this convent. The church was completed by 1590. Decoration of the interior, including ceiling and wall paintings, were completed by Francesco Maffei, Andrea Vicentino, Palma il Giovane, Giulio Carpioni, and also by Alessandro Maganza and his studio.[1] The works were dispersed during the nineteenth century when the church was deconsecrated. The only construction documents list as capomaestro, Domenico Groppino, who worked on other Palladian structures.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.vicenza.com/newsmagazine/archivio_data/2003/2/news_0000001806.html Le tele dei Maganza, data=14/02/2003,accesso=29-08-09