Location Brescia, Italy Architectural type Neoclassic Facade Completed 1780 Province Province of Brescia | Affiliation Roman Catholic Groundbreaking 13th century Opened 1780 | |
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Address Corso Giacomo Matteotti, 25122 Brescia BS, Italy Similar Saint Giovanni Evangelista, Santa Maria dei Miracoli, San Francesco - Brescia, Santi Faustino e Giovita, Old Cathedral - Brescia | ||
The church of Santi Nazaro e Celso is located on Corso Giacomo Matteotti, at the intersection with via Fratelli Bronzetti, in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. The church contains the Averoldi Polyptych (1522), a masterwork of Titian.
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History
Originally a church was found at approximately the same site in 1222, in an area that was soon enclosed by enlarged city walls. A major reconstruction began in 1746, by designs of abate Zinelli, and completed in 1781, leading to the statue-topped neoclassical facade we see today. It was interrupted in 1769 by an accidental explosion of a powder magazine at nearby Porta Nazaro. Reconstruction finally ceased and dorship was renewed in 1780. Seventeen years later the college of cannons was suppressed, but the church remained functioning as a parish church. The organ in the church was completed by Luigi Amati in 1803.
The entrance has a bust of one of the patrons of the reconstruction, the bishop of Modone, Alessandro Fe.
Interior
In addition to the polyptych, the church contains the following artworks: