| Building Name: | Santi Nazaro e Celso |
| Location: | Brescia, Italy |
| Geo: | 45.537°N 10.2131°W |
| Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
| Province: | Brescia |
| Architecture: | yes |
| Architecture Type: | Neoclassic Facade |
| Groundbreaking: | 13th century |
| Year Completed: | 1780 |
The church of Santi Nazaro e Celso is located on Corso Giacomo Matteotti, at the intersection with via Fratelli Bronzetti, in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The church contains the Averoldi Polyptych (1522), a masterwork of Titian.
Originally a church was found at approximately the same site in 1222, in an area that was soon enclosed by enlarged city walls. A major reconstruction began in 1746, by designs of abate Zinelli, and completed in 1781, leading to the statue-topped neoclassical facade we see today.[1] It was interrupted in 1769 by an accidental explosion of a powder magazine at nearby Porta Nazaro. Reconstruction finally ceased and worship was resumed in 1780. Seventeen years later the college of canons was suppressed, but the church remained functioning as a parish church. The organ in the church was completed by Luigi Amati in 1803.
The entrance has a bust of one of the patrons of the reconstruction, the bishop of Modone, Alessandro Fe.[2]
In addition to the polyptych, the church contains the following artworks: