The Church of San Marco in San Girolamo Photo: the Church of San Marco in San Girolamo

The Church of San Marco in San Girolamo – Baroque parish Church in Vicenza, built in the 18th century by Order of the barefoot Carmelites. It holds a number of works of art of the early 18th century, and in the sacristy you can see the original furniture of the same period.

The Church stands on the site of another religious buildings erected by the Jesuits in 1491, the year and dedicated to St. Jerome. From that building to this day only the bell tower and several tombstones. When in 1668, the year the congregation of the Jesuits was abolished, the Church and convent were bought by the order of Carmelites, which later expanded to the religious complex, rebuilding the Church in 1720-1727-m years. Still later had completed work on the interior of the temple and the altar. The flooring of white and red marble was made in 1745, the year.

The authorship of the whole project of San Marco in San Girolamo remains unknown, but probably over the building worked for several architects. The General style of the interior is reminiscent of a work by the great Venetian architect Giorgio Massari. Also in the documents mentioned the name of the local native Giuseppe Brand. Finally, and suggest the participation of Francesco Muttoni. The facade of the Church was designed by Abbot Carlo Corbelli from Brescia and built in 1756, the year. This building was used from 1725 year, was solemnly consecrated only in 1760, the year and dedicated to the two saints Jerome and Teresa of Avila, foundress of the Discalced Carmelites. The people of the Church became known as the Chiesa degli Scalzi.

In 1810, the year the edict of Napoleon all the religious orders and monasteries were abolished, and their property confiscated. At some time in the Chiesa degli Scalzi is a tobacco manufactory, and later the building was assigned to the parish of San Marco and got its modern name – San Marco in San Girolamo. The appearance of the building remained virtually unchanged, despite several restorations.

The facade in the Baroque style and consists of two rows of Corinthian half-columns on a high pedestal. On top of the triangular tympanum you can see the three statues of saints. At the bottom, in the space between the half-columns made four niches, two niches are slightly higher, and in the centre of the facade is another big niche. Inside the Church consists of a single nave and six high side chapels. Among decorating the interior of San Marco in San Girolamo art is to provide a painting by Costantino Pasqualotto, Sebastiano Ricci, Lodovico Buffetti, Antonio Balestra and brothers Maganza.

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