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Santa Chiara (Musician)
Santa Chiara is Italian for Saint Clare, and may refer to: Churches * Basilica di Santa Chiara, in Assisi * Monastero di Santa Chiara, a church in San Marino * Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara, a church in Rome * Santa Chiara, Bra, a church in Bra, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy * Santa Chiara, Camerino, a church and monastery in Camerino, Macerata, Marche, Italy * Santa Chiara, Carpi, in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy * Santa Chiara, Correggio, a church and convent in Correggio, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy * Santa Chiara, Fanano, a church and convent in Fanano, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy * Santa Chiara, Naples, a religious complex in Naples, Italy * Santa Chiara all'Albergaria, a monastery and church in Palermo, Italy * Santa Chiara, Pieve di Cento, a church in Pieve di Cento, Emilia-Romagna, Italy * Santa Chiara, Pisa, a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy * Santa Chiara, Rimini, a church in Rimini, Italy * Santa Chiara, Rome, a church in Rome, Italy * Santa Chiara, Sansepolcro, a former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland ( Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Pieve Di Cento
Santa Chiara is a Baroque architecture, Baroque style, Roman Catholic church or chapel constructed as part of the former Convent of the Clarissan nuns in Pieve di Cento, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The church was erected during 1633–1645, though much of the decoration of the ceilings and altar date to the late 18th century. The main altarpiece depicts ''Saints Francis, Anthony of Padua, and Agnes, with the Madonna and Child, granting the monastic robe to St Clair'' (1655-1657) was completed by Benedetto Gennari, grandson of Guercino. Below the painting is a metal grating that linked to the church to a chapel inside the cloistered convent, from where the nuns could attend to the service without exiting. The altar has a panel in scagliola depicting an event in the ''Life of St Clair'', where armed with the eucharist, she deters the Saracen looters assaulting the monastery of San Damiano, Assisi. The church organ was constructed by Carlo Traeri in 1687. In 2014, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santi Cosma E Damiano, Alcamo
Santi Cosma e Damiano (or ''Santa Chiara'') is a Roman Catholic church in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. This Baroque church was built around 1500 after the plan of Giuseppe Mariani and rebuilt between 1721 and 1725. Description The church has one nave and presents a tambour which inside repeats the shape of the main body with a hexagonal plan, while the chapels are delimited by some pillars in Corinthian style. Thanks to its restyling probably inspired by the Roman church of Saint Ives alla Sapienza by the architect Francesco Borromini, it became in 1725 an example of the most beautiful Sicilian baroque. Santa Chiara's nunnery Adjoining the church is Saint Clare's nunnery and it was annexed during the years 1545-1547. In 1545 three noble sisters (Antonina, Angela and Alberta Mompilieri), together with some devout women founded a convent of Poor Clares and were assigned the adjoining church of the Saints Cosma and Damiano's Church. Owin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Urbania
Santa Chiara is a former Roman Catholic church and convent in the urban center Urbania, region of Marche, Italy. A convent of Clarissan nuns still exists outside of the town. History A Clarissan community was putatively located here by nuns from San Damiano in Assisi in the 13th century. The structure dates to the reconstruction of the town after 1277, and was consecrated by 1339. The complex was refurbished in 1623–1626, with the patronage of Francesco Maria II della Rovere but with some interruptions has held Clarissan nuns until 1975. The initial architect is said to have been Girolamo Genga. This part of the convent now functions as the Istituto Tecnico Commerciale per Geometri “Francesco Maria II Della Rovere”. The convent has frescoes by Giorgio Picchi. The main altar houses a ''Madonna and Child with Saints'' (1629) by Girolamo Cialdieri. In the church are frescoes by Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, Luzio Dolci and Giustino Episcopio Giusto or Giustino Episcopio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Turin
The Church of Saint Clare () is a Roman Catholic place of worship located in the city of Turin, Italy. History Originally a gothic monastery belonging to the Order of the Poor Clares built in the 13th century, Saint Clare was rebuilt and repurposed as a church, of an overall smaller size, in a baroque style, between 1742 and 1745 under the direction of architect Bernardo Antonio Vittone, himself brother of two nuns of the Order. The Poor Clares would continue to reside in the church until 1814, when they were transferred to Carignano Carignano may refer to: Places * Carignano, Piedmont, a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy * Palazzo Carignano, a historical building in the centre of Turin, Italy * Teatro Carignano, a theatre in Turin, Italy People * Hous .... References 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Roman Catholic churches completed in 1745 1745 establishments in Italy Roman Catholic churches in Turin Baroque archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Chiara, Treia Santa Chiara is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Piazza Cervigni in the town of Treia, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. History The church of Santa Chiara was ass |
