Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista dei Celestini — Local services in Bologna

San Giovanni Battista dei Celestini is a Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church and located on via D'Azeglio corner with Piazza De' Celestini in Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. The Celestine order established itself in Bologna in 1368 at the request of Antonio Galluzzi. Under his patronage, they built a monastery and church, dedicated to St John the Baptist. The monastery extended to Via San Mamolo. In 1482, the church had become the home of the parish. In 1535–1554, it underwent reconstruction in its present general layout. In 1560–1561, the convent was rebuilt. In 1580, a bell tower was added. The church underwent a further reconstruction Carlo Francesco Dotti and Francesco Tadolini during the 18th century. In 1797, the Celestines were suppressed, but it continued to act as a parish church until 1806, when it was attached to a new parish centered a Santissimo Salvatore. It again became a parish in 1824, when the Canons Lateran retook the Salvatore church. The Celestini remained a parish church until 1987. The convent has been used as a meeting hall for the Council of Thirty, and other government and public offices over the centuries. In 2011 it was also home to a...

🕍 Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista dei Celestini

Lokalizacja • Znajduje się w samym centrum Bolonii, przy Piazza dei Celestini 2, na rogu z via Massimo d’Azeglio – w strefie całkowicie pieszej  .

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📜 Historia • Pierwotna świątynia pochodzi z XII–XIII wieku, ale obecna budowla powstała w okresie renesansowej rekonstrukcji w latach 1535–1554  . • W XVIII wieku Francesco Tadolini wraz z Carlo Francesco Dotti przeprowadzili prace nad nową fasadą i wnętrzem (rok 1765) . • Kościół związany był z zakonem celestynów, przybyłych do Bolonii w 1368 na zaproszenie rodziny Galluzzi .

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🏛️ Architektura i wnętrze • Elewacja: dwupiętrowa, z symetrycznym układem i typowym dla Bolonii czerwono‑żółtym intonaco  . • Nawa główna: jedna przestronna aula z czterema kaplicami po bokach i sklepieniem w formie walca. • Dekoracje: bogate freski w nawie: • Giacomo Antonio Boni i Giacinto Garofalini (1714), • w prezbiterium dzieła Marcantonio Franceschini, Mastelletta, Massari, • sztukaterie i freski w sakrystii według projektu Franciszka Tadolini i Petronio Tadolini . • Rzeźby: dwa wspaniałe busty z terakoty autorstwa Giuseppe Mazza przedstawiające świętych Benedykta i Scholastykę  . • Tablica pamiątkowa poświęcona Niccolò dell’Arca, rzeźbiarzowi z XV wieku, znajduje się na bocznej elewacji przy...

San Giovanni Battista dei Celestini is situated at Piazza de' Celestini just off Via Massimo D'Azeglio. The church was established in the 14th-century but the building you see today is the result of major church reconstructions during the 16th and 18th-century. The facade is nice, more impressive is the elaborate and somewhat dramatic ceiling frescos within. The main altar and side chapel artworks make for nice...