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San Torpete

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Location
  
Genoa, Italy

Ecclesiastical or organizational status
  
National monument

Architectural type
  
Church

Opened
  
1733

Province
  
Province of Genoa

Affiliation
  
Roman Catholic

Status
  
Active

Completed
  
1733

Architectural style
  
Baroque architecture

Groundbreaking
  
1730

San Torpete

Address
  
Piazza S. Giorgio, 16128 Genova, Italy

Similar
  
Santi Cosma e Damiano, Santa Maria di Castello, Chiesa di San Marco al Molo, Santa Maria delle Vigne, Oratory of San Giacomo

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San Torpete is a church in central Genoa, northern Italy, dedicated to Saint Torpes. It was founded in the 11th century by local merchants. It was rebuilt in 1730 under designs conceived by Giovanni Antonio Ricca.

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The interior ceiling is decorated with paintings and stucco by Giovanni Bernardo Carlone depicting scenes of the Life of San Torpete. An altarpiece of Madonna with St Thomas Becket of Canterbury, St Lucia and John the Baptist is attributed to the studio of Luca Cambiaso or Andrea Semini. The small statue of the Virgin of Providence at the main altar was completed by Giovanni Battista Drago. The altar of San Filippo Neri has a painting depicting The Saint in ecstasy attributed to the studio of Giovanni Battista Paggi.

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References

San Torpete Wikipedia