San Dalmazio is a Roman Catholic church located on Via San Lino, near Porta San Francesco, of Volterra, province of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. The aged facade is built in local stone in a Renaissance-style, but the interior has a late Baroque decoration.
| San Dalmazio | |
|---|---|
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Province | Pisa |
| Location | |
| Location | Volterra, Italy |
| Geographic coordinates | 43°24′14″N 10°51′20″E / 43.404017°N 10.855658°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Bartolomeo Ammannati (facade) |
| Type | Church |
| Style | Renaissance |
| Groundbreaking | 1511 |
History
editThe church was part of a Benedictine order nunnery, with the present facade attributed to Bartolomeo Ammannati, begun in 1540 and consecrated in 1547. The Benedictines located here in the early 12th century, until they ultimately were suppressed in 1786 by Leopold I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany. The adjacent convent initially was converted into a school, and later became residential.[1]
The interior was refurbished with elegant stucco, some gilded, in the early 18th century. The main altarpiece is a Deposition from the Cross (1551) by Giovanni Paolo Rossetti.[2] The fresco in the apse cupola depicts the Apotheosis of St Dalmatius, Bishop of Pedona (1709) by Ranieri del Pace. The first altarpiece on the right, somewhat degraded, depicts the scene of Noli me tangere by Giovanni Balducci. The altarpiece on the left of the church, depicts The Virgin with Saints Mary Magdalen, Catherine of Alexandria, passing the image of Dominic of Soriano to the Blessed Giordano da Rivalto by Jacopo Vignali. The ovals along the nave depict events in the Life of St Benedict by Giovanni Sagrestani[3][4]
Gallery
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Deposition from the Cross by Rossetti -
Apotheosis of St Dalmazio by Ranieri del Pace -
Noli me Tangere by Balducci -
Altarpiece by Vignali
Sources
edit- ^ Consorzio Turistico Volterra Valdicecina Valdera, entry on church.
- ^ A masterpiece originally in the Volterra Cathedral had been the 1528 altarpiece on the same subject by Rosso Fiorentino.
- ^ Guida per la citta di Volterra, by Pietro Torrini; Volterra (1832): page 151-153.
- ^ Guida di Volterra, by Annibale Cinci; tipografia Volterrana (1885); pages 138-139.
