Architectural style Baroque architecture Province Province of Brescia | Phone +39 030 375 1021 | |
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Address Via Moretto, 75, 25121 Brescia BS, Italy Similar Sant'Afra - Brescia, Sant'Angela Merici - Brescia, Sant'Agata - Brescia, Saint Giovanni Evangelista, San Clemente - Brescia |
Sant'Alessandro is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Moretto, 73/A in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
History
The first church at the site was founded in 1153, adjacent to a hospital, by the 15th-century it had been granted to the Servite nuns. The church was consecrated in 1466, then rebuilt in Baroque style in 1784, but the facade was only completed by 1891. A fountain is present in the square in front.
Among the interior altarpiece paintings are:
Over the entrance doorway are paintings of the Lives of Saints Alexander and Filippo Benizzi by Girolamo Rossi.
References
Sant'Alessandro, Brescia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA