Santa Maria Delle Carceri
Santa Maria delle Carceri may refer to: *Santa Maria delle Carceri, Prato, basilica in Prato, Tuscany *, Camaldolese monastery in Padua; see Antonio Bernardo (humanist) Antonio Bernardo ( – 15041512) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian professor of civil law, Renaissance humanism, humanist and official. He is notorious for having expelled the Jews from Vicenza during his term as governor and for his antisemitic ra ...

Santa Maria Delle Carceri, Prato
Santa Maria delle Carceri is a basilica church, designed by Giuliano da Sangallo, and built in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. It is among the earliest examples of a Greek cross plan for a complete church in Renaissance architecture. History According to the tradition, on July 6, 1484, a painted image of Madonna and Child, located on a wall of the public jail ('' carceri'') of Prato, began to animate itself in the eyes of a local child. It was therefore decided to build a basilica on that site to celebrate the event. Lorenzo de Medici, lord of the Republic of Florence, imposed a design by his favourite architect, da Sangallo. The latter's proposal included a Greek cross plan inspired to Filippo Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel and by Leon Battista Alberti's theoretical works; Sangallo used the same idea for his first project of St Peter's Basilica, later superseded by Michelangelo. The same model inspired his brother Antonio da Sangallo the Elder for the church of San Biagio at Montepulci ...
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