slightly inwards (concave) to reflect the outwards curve (convex) of the Piazza del Campo, Siena's central square, of which the Palace is the focal point...
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(uppermost) structure. The loggia where the tower meets the Piazza del Campo, known as the Cappella di Piazza, was added in 1352 to fulfil a vow to the Holy Virgin...
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Santa Croce, Florence (redirect from Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze)
principal Franciscan church of Florence, Italy. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 metres southeast of the Duomo, on what was once...
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Church of the Gesù (redirect from Piazza del Gesù)
transepts' ceilings. The first chapel to the right of the nave is the Cappella di Sant'Andrea, so named because the church previously on the site, which...
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(Augustinian order), and its famous Cappella degli Scrovegni with its Giotto fresco masterpieces. The complex is located on Piazza Eremitani, at the edge of the...
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Trastevere (section Piazzas)
Trilussa Piazza di San Cosimato Piazza di San Calisto Piazza di San Francesco d'Assisi Piazza Giuseppe Giochino Belli Piazza de' Renzi Piazza di Sant'Egidio...
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Piazza dei Martiri (in Italian: Martyrs' Square) is a monument-containing square in Naples, Italy, located at the junction of Via Domenico Morelli and...
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St. Peter's Square (redirect from Piazza San Pietro)
Saint Peter's Square (Latin: Forum Sancti Petri, Italian: Piazza San Pietro [ˈpjattsa sam ˈpjɛːtro]) is a large plaza located directly in front of St....
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Santa Maria Novella (redirect from Cappella Strozzi di Mantova)
tombs of bishops of Fiesole, one by Tino di Camaino and another by Nino Pisano. The chancel (or the Cappella Tornabuoni) contains series of famous frescoes...
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Santa Maria Maggiore (redirect from Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore)
The Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Italian pronunciation: [ˈsanta maˈriːa madˈdʒoːre]; Latin: Basilica Sanctae...
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The Pieve di San Verano is a Roman Catholic, Romanesque-style, formerly-rural parish church now located in on Piazza Popolo #1 in the historic center of...
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for its position above the Spanish Steps which lead down to the famous Piazza di Spagna. The church is entrusted to the Emmanuel Community, and is one...
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Palazzo Vecchio (section Cappella di Eleonora)
ˈvɛkkjo] "Old Palace") is the town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's David statue, and the...
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Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di Montesanto are two churches in Rome. They are located on the Piazza del Popolo, facing the northern gate of...
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San Petronio, Bologna (redirect from Capella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna)
Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint...
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Cappella Paolina The Cappella Paolina (the Pauline Chapel) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. It is separated from the Sistine Chapel...
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Cappella dei Principi ("Chapel of the Princes" in English) is the mausoleum of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and their families and is part of the museum...
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Novara Cathedral (redirect from Duomo di Novara)
di Novara or Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, located at the Piazza della...
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Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence (redirect from Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze)
Ferdinando II de' Medici (Cappella dei Principi) Ferdinando III de' Medici (crypt) Francesco I de' Medici (Cappella dei Principi) Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici...
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Sant'Andrea della Valle (redirect from Basilica di Sant'Andrea della Valle)
is the seat of the general curia of the Theatines and is located on the Piazza Vidoni, at the intersection of Corso Vittorio Emanuele (facing facade) and...
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San Giovanni Battista, Matera (section Piazza)
opens onto and gives its name to a small piazza. Adjoining the church to the southwest is the former Ospedale di San Rocco [it] (Hospital of Saint Roch)...
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Giovanni Battista dei Cavalieri di Rodi (Saint John the Baptist of the Knights of Rhodes) is a church in Rome, on piazza del Grillo in the Monti district...
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Corresponding to today's Via Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, joining the southern sides of Piazza Santa Maria and Piazza San Giovanni, it was so called because of...
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Campo Verano (redirect from Campo di verano cemetery)
Zona ampliamento, riquadro 147, cappella n. 8* Henricus Smeulders, O.Cist. Apostolic Delegate to Canada Antonio Starabba di Rudinì (1839–1908), politician...
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Menai-Piazza Vecchia-Via Romea-Marghera-Mestre/Venice 55E Celeseo/Stra-Vigonovo-Galta-Fosso'-Camponogara-Dolo 55SE Dolo-Paluello-San Pietro di Stra-Stra...
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Sistine Chapel (/ˈsɪstiːn/ SIST-een; Latin: Sacellum Sixtinum; Italian: Cappella Sistina [kapˈpɛlla siˈstiːna]) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the...
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Orvieto Cathedral (redirect from Duomo di Orvieto)
Orvieto Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Orvieto; Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a large 14th-century Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption...
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the Madonna di Loreto in September which features the Corsa degli Zingari foot race. On Piazza Umberto I (or Piazza Jaringhi) is the Chiesa di San Marco...
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Giorgio de Chirico (redirect from Giorgio Di Chirico)
Perseus Books Group, 1994, ISBN 0-306-80568-5 Schwartz 1990, p. 29. "Cappella di Giorgio De Chirico". sanfrancescoaripa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11...
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St Mark's Basilica (redirect from San Marco di Venezia)
cappella: il culto di Sant'Isidoro a Venezia', in La cappella di Sant'Isidoro, Quaderni della Procuratoria: arte, storia, restauri della Basilica di san...
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