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San Cristoforo (other)
San Cristoforo is a municipality in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont. San Cristoforo may also refer to: * Monte San Cristoforo, a mountain of southern San Marino * San Cristoforo, Cortona, a Roman Catholic church in Cortona, Province of Arezzo, region of Tuscany, Italy * San Cristoforo, Montesperello, a Catholic church in Montesperello, village of Magione, province of Perugia, region of Umbria, Italy * San Cristoforo, Capannori, a 12th-century, Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic parish church in Capannori, province of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy * San Cristoforo Minore, Catania, a Roman Catholic church in Catania, region of Sicily, southern Italy * San Cristoforo, Ascoli Piceno, a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church in Ascoli Piceno, region of Marche, Italy * San Cristoforo, Siena, a Roman Catholic church in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy * San Cristoforo sul Naviglio San Cristoforo sul Naviglio is a church in Milan, northern Italy. History T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristoforo
San Cristoforo (in local dialect San Cristòfi) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 595 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. San Cristoforo borders the following municipalities: Capriata d'Orba, Castelletto d'Orba, Francavilla Bisio, Gavi, Montaldeo, and Parodi Ligure. History Situated on an important way of communication that brought to the ancient city of Libarna Libarna was a Roman city located on the left bank of the Scrivia, on the stretch of the via Postumia between Genua and Dertona. Today Libarna's hamlet is part of the municipality of Serravalle Scrivia, in Alessandria province. Libarna's excava ..., it rose around a watchtower: the so-called Tower of Gazzolo, today encompassed in the castle. A property of the Obertenghi family,it pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte San Cristoforo
Monte San Cristoforo is a mountain of southern San Marino. It is located between the towns of Fiorentino and Montegiardino, and rises to a height of 534 metres. References Mountains of San Marino {{SanMarino-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristoforo, Cortona
San Cristoforo is a small, Roman Catholic church located at the intersection of Via San Niccolò and Via dell’Orto della Cera, in central Cortona, Province of Arezzo, region of Tuscany in Italy. History Documents date a church at the site from 1192, but much of the church was rebuilt in 1575 after a fire, and modified over the centuries. The rustic facade is awkwardly place relative to the nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type .... In the apse, some 14th-century frescoes still survive, depicting the ''Crucifixion'', the ''Annunciation'', the ''Ascension'', and ''Christ blessing with Angels''. The brick roof structure that holds the bells was built in the 15th century. The interior contains a restored 19th-century organ by Giovanni Banci. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristoforo, Montesperello
San Cristoforo ("St. Christopher", ), is a Catholic church located in Montesperello, in the municipality of Magione, which is part of the province of Perugia, in Umbria, Italy. The parish church adjoins Castle of Montesperello, outside the castle walls and having an external bell tower. History It was registered in Liber beneficiorum in 1350, rebuilt in 1400 to 1450. The belfry in its present form refers to 1797. At the beginning of the 1930s, in place of the sacristy a chapel was built, dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi. There are three paintings by artist Tedeschi Tito, which depict St. Francis, and buildings located in Assisi and Montesperello.{{Cite web , url=http://diocesi.perugia.it/vtours/sancristoforo/index.html , title=Virtual tour , website=diocesi.perugia.it July 3, 1949, the painter Gerardo Dottori completed the decoration of the church's apse with 3 frescoes. It is a triptych dedicated to St. Christopher Saint Christopher (, , ; ) is venerated by several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristoforo, Capannori
San Cristoforo di Lammari is 12th-century, Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic parish church in Capannori, province of Lucca, region of Tuscany Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ..., Italy. History The present church at the site was built between the 11th and 12th centuries at the site of an earlier 9th century church,. The ceramic decoration in the apse dates from this latter construction. The layout is that of a Latin cross with three naves, each with a semicircular apse. A bell-tower rises alongsides. A refurbishment occurred in the 16th century, with the insertion of side altars. to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristoforo Minore, Catania
San Cristoforo Minore is a small former-Roman Catholic church or oratory located on the piazza Turi Ferro, formerly of Santo Spirito, near the center of the city of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. It is putatively now the church of ''San Leone'' and owned by the Greek Orthodox parish of Catania. The church has a slender Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ... facade and sits on a forgotten, somewhat decrepit, urban island between streets. In the 18th century, the church as associated with a Catholic confraternity: the ''Congregazione Santissima Maria Addolorata''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristoforo, Ascoli Piceno
San Cristoforo is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located on Rua d'Argillano in the town of Ascoli Piceno in the region of Marche, Italy. History The church was begun as the oratory for the Confraternita della Buona Morte (Confraternity of the Good Death). A group often tending to those condemned to execution. It was reconstructed in 1593–98, at the site of a 14th-century church. The façade dates to 1603, but the church was not completed until 1790. The interior has three stucco altars by local architect Giuseppe Giosafatti. The church houses altarpieces by Ludovico Trasi Ludovico Trasi (1634–February 20, 1694) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born and active in Ascoli Piceno. Trasi was born to a little known painter, Antonio Trasi, who sent his son to study abroad. Contemporarily with his life ..., depicting the ''Miracle of San Nicola di Bari'', and by Nicola Antonio Monti, depicting the ''Souls in Purgatory''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristoforo, Siena
San Cristoforo is a Roman Catholic church located on Piazza Tolomei in the Northern Terzo di Camollia and contrada of Civetta in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. Across the piazza from the church is the Palazzo Tolomei, Siena, Palazzo Tolomei, one of the oldest buildings in the city. The Tolomei for many years were associated with the church. History The original Romanesque architecture, Romanesque style church with a Latin Cross layout was initially constructed in the 11th to 12th-century. Traces of Romanesque columns remain in the adjacent small cloister. During the 13th century, the cloister would host the council of the nascent Republic of Siena. It is claimed that at this site in 1260, a meeting took place between the Council of 24 and Florentine ambassadors. The latter demanded that Siena breach its walls, and allow Florentine fortresses in each Terzo. These heavy demands forced the former to decide that war with Florence was inevitable, and they dismissed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristoforo Sul Naviglio
San Cristoforo sul Naviglio is a church in Milan, northern Italy. History The complex is composed of two churches. The left one is the most ancient, which is known to be a Romanesque reconstruction of a far more ancient edifice (probably in turn located on the site of a Roman templeThis hypothesis is supported by the fact that the edifices entitled to St. Cristopher, patron of the pilgrims, often replaced those of Hercules, who was also a giant.). The Romanesque edifice was again rebuilt in the 13th century, when the Naviglio Grande was excavated. In the mid-14th century it received the Gothic portal and rose window. The Gothic church was flanked by a hospital, built around 1364. The more recent church, which currently is united to the other and gives the appearance of a single edifice, was constructed along the naviglio (navigational canal) bank in the 15th century, and then called Ducal Chapel. It was commissioned by Duke Gian Galeazzo Visconti in order to provide a holy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristoforo, Lucca
San Cristoforo is a Romanesque and Gothic-style, former Roman Catholic church located on the narrow Via Fillungo in the center of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. Now deconsecrated and stripped of its former interior altars and decoration, the chapel served as a memorial for those fallen in the wars.. History A church at the site is documented since 1053. The architect of much of the structure is attributed to Diotisalvi. The façade has a pattern of alternating white and dark stone, influenced by the style of churches in Pisa. The lower part of the façade dates to 12th-century while the superior façade with a rose window to the 14th-century. In 1939 to 1940, much of the interior decoration was stripped, the church deconsecrated, and it was made as a chapel to recall those fallen in the Second World War. The names of the dead were engraved on the nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
