The Sant'Emidio Red Temple (''Tempietto Sant'Emidio Rosso'') is a church of
Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno (; ; ) is a (municipality) and capital of the province of Ascoli Piceno, in the Italy, Italian region of Marche.
Geography
The town lies at the confluence of the Tronto, River Tronto and the small Castellano (river), River Castell ...
in Italy. Its name refers to
Saint Emygdius (Emidius),
patron saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, fa ...
of the city.
References
Emidio Rosso
Octagonal churches in Italy
Renaissance architecture in le Marche
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