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Gesù, Ferrara
The Church of the Gesù of Ferrara is a Roman Catholic church, erected by the Jesuit order, located on piazzetta Torquato Tasso in Via Borgoleoni #56 in Ferrara, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy History The architect Alberto Schiatti designed the church in 1570 for the Jesuits. The facade is sober. The interior decoration was mostly lost as a result of a fire and the suppression of the order in 1773. The church became property of the Somaschi Order priests until the return of the Jesuits in 1814. The adjacent convent is now a tribunal. Of the works now in the church is a 15th-century terracotta sculptural group: ''Mourning Over Christ'' by Guido Mazzoni (sculptor), Guido Mazzoni; this was brought here from the razed church of Santa Maria della Rosa. In the apse stands the Mausoleum of Barbara of Austria, Alfonso II d'Este, Alfonso II d'Este's second wife, realised at the end of the 1500s by Francesco Casella. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrara
Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po (river), Po River, located north. The town has broad streets and numerous palaces dating from the Renaissance, when it hosted the court of the House of Este. For its beauty and cultural importance, it has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. History Antiquity and Middle Ages The first documented settlements in the area of the present-day Province of Ferrara date from the 6th century BC. The ruins of the Etruscan civilization, Etruscan town of Spina, established along the lagoons at the ancient mouth of Po river, were lost until modern times, when drainage schemes in the Valli di Comacchio marshes in 1922 first officially revealed a necropolis with over 4,000 tombs, evidence of a population centre that in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
