Italia Lucca 2 San Michele in Foro

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Lucca
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San Michele in Foro
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Lucca  is a city and comune in Tuscany, Central
Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile
plain near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital
city of the Province of Lucca. Among other
reasons, it is famous for its intact
Renaissance-era city walls
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San Michele in Foro is a Roman Catholic basilica
church, built over the ancient Roman forum. Until
1370 it was the seat of the Consiglio Maggiore
(Major Council), the commune's most important
assembly. It is dedicated to Archangel Michael.
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San Michele in Foro is mentioned for the first
time in 795 as ad foro (in the forum). It was
rebuilt after 1070 by will of Pope Alexander II
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Notable is the façade, from the 13th century,
with a large series of sculptures and inlays,
numerous of which remade in the 19th century.
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The lower part has a series of blind arcades, the
central of which includes the main portal. The
upper part, built using plenty of iron materials
to counter wind, has four orders of small
loggias. On the summit, flanked by two other
angels, is the 4 m-tall statue of St. Michael the
Archangel. According to a legend, an angel's
finger would have a huge diamond
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On the lower right corner of the façade is a copy
of the statue Madonna salutis portus, (the
original was sculpted by Matteo Civitali to
celebrate the end of the 1476 plague)
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On the right corner once stand the famous marble
statue of the Madonna and Child, known as the
Madonna Salutis Portus. It was commissioned
around 1480 by the illustrious Lucchese
politician, diplomatic and academic Domenico
Bertini (1417-1506) from the brilliant
Renaissance Lucchese artist Matteo Civitali
(1436-1502) as a sign of gratefulness to the Holy
Virgin for deliverance Lucca from the Black
Death, which razed the city in 1476. At present,
the marvellous Madonna Salutis Portus is hosted
in the indoors of the church.
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The church interior has a nave and two aisles
with transept and semicircular apse the nave is
supported by arcades on monolithic columns.
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From the southern transept rises the bell tower,
built in the 12th-14th centuries, with a series
of single, double and triple mullioned windows.
The last floor was demolished during the rule of
Giovanni dell'Agnello (1364-1368), Doge of Pisa.
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The inside of the church is rather plain and
dark, in contrast to the outside.  There are two
interesting features, however.   One is a
beautiful Madonna and Child attributed to Andrea
della Robbia and the other a vibrant painting by
Filippino Lippi called The Four Saints.
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Filippino Lippi The Four Saints.
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Filippino Lippi The Four Saints details
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Presentation Sanda Foisoreanu
2013
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