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Chiesa di Santa Maria al Paradiso is a church in

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. It was begun in 1590 for the

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, after designs by Martino Bassi. The facade, however, was only added in 1897 in a Neo-

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style by the architect

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(1866-1934). The interior of the church maintains some of its original decoration, including medallions and stucco depicting scenes from the life of Mary, including ''The Assumption'' in the central nave by

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which obscured the original decoration by Andrea Pellegrini. In the first chapel on the right, there is a ''Miracle of Angels with St. Isidore and Bonaventure''. In the fourth chapel, the ''St. Anne'' is attributed to

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. On the left side, a chapel is a painting of ''San Carlo Borromeo meeting with those sick with the Plague'' by Andrea Porta. The functioning organ was constructed in 1827 by

Antonio Brunelli Antonio Brunelli (20 December 1577 in Pisa – 19 November 1630 in Pisa) was an Italian composer and theorist of the early Baroque period. He was a student of Giovanni Maria Nanino and served as the organist at San Miniato in Tuscany from 160 ...

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