The church of San Vincenzo is a

Baroque style The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (i ...

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church located on Corso Canalgrande, number 75 in

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History

Built on the site of a prior 13th century church, the Theatine order tore down the structure to build a new church. The layout of the church resembles that of other Theatine churches such as

Sant'Andrea della Valle Sant'Andrea della Valle is a titular church and minor basilica in the rione of Sant'Eustachio of the city of Rome, Italy. The basilica is the seat of the general curia of the Theatines and is located on the Piazza Vidoni, at the intersection ...

in Rome. With a long nave and a number of side chapels. The architect, sometime after 1634, was

Bartolomeo Avanzini Bartolomeo Avanzini (1608–1658) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period, active mainly in Modena, Sassuolo and Reggio Emilia. The design for the Palazzo Ducale of Modena has been attributed to Avanzini, though between 1631 and 1634 Girola ...

. The interior stucco was mainly the work of Avanzini, who was also active in similar decoration at the Ducal Palace of Sassuolo. On May 13, 1944, a bomb destroyed the presbytery and choir, destroying the apse and cupola frescoes (1671) by Sigismondo Caula. The apse, now bare, had a ''Glory of St Vincent''. The main altar, restored after the bombing, was carved by Tommaso Loraghi. A funeral chapel for the House of

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was built in 1836 by

Francis IV, Duke of Modena Francis IV Joseph Charles Ambrose Stanislaus (Italian: ''Francesco IV Giuseppe Carlo Ambrogio Stanislao d'Asburgo-Este''; 6 October 1779 – 21 January 1846) was Duke of Modena, Reggio, and Mirandola (from 1815), Duke of Massa and Prince of ...

using designs by Francesco Vandelli. The first chapel on the left has an altarpiece of ''St Gregory reading'' by

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as (il) Guercino (), was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous n ...

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References

External links

* Image of the Church of San Vincenzo (

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