Location Mantua, Italy Architectural type Church Architectural style Baroque architecture Phone +39 0376 324623 Architect Frans Geffels | Affiliation Roman Catholic Completed 18th century Province Province of Mantua Function Church | |
Address Via Pomponazzo, 46100 Mantova MN, Italy Similar Santa Maria della Carità - M, Chiesa di Santo Spirito, Madonna del Terremoto, Ognissanti - Mantua, Sant'Egidio | ||
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The church of San Martino, dedicated to St Martin of Tours is a Baroque architecture, Roman Catholic church located on Via Pomponazzo in a quartiere once known as San Martino in Mantua, region of Lombardy, Italy.
History
A church at the site is documented by 1127, with the prior belonging to the Benedictine Abbey of Polirone. The simple church underwent major reconstruction from 1680 to 1693 using designs of the Flemish architect and painter Frans Geffels. The vertical façade is highly encrusted with decoration, and has three niches with stucco 18th century statues depicting St Martin donating cloak to poor (center) and Saints Peter and Paul. The interior also has an elaborate stucco decoration in the style of Michele Costa, as well as a large canvas by Gian Francesco Tura of a Madonna with Child with Saints.
A number of other paintings were moved here after the Napoleonic suppression. Among the artworks are: