Chiesa di S. Maria dell'Indirizzo
This church is a study in prismatic volumes and measured hierarchy. The central nave rises highest, its pitched roof clear and direct, ending at a sli…
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This church is a study in prismatic volumes and measured hierarchy. The central nave rises highest, its pitched roof clear and direct, ending at a sli…
la grotta è concepita strutturalmente come basamento sostruttivo dell'ambiente superiore…
On the Lazio coast, near Rome, the Basilica of Madonna delle Grazie and Santa Maria Goretti in Nettuno stands as a sanctuary under the care of the Pas…
On a slope between the hills and the sea, the Santuario Basilica San Francesco di Paola rises from a landscape the Frate Minimo himself once chose. Th…
At the heart of the Sacro Monte di Varallo, the basilica of Santa Maria Assunta presides over a landscape that is equal parts art, nature and devotion…
Perched on the forested slopes of the Sila, this sanctuary began as a modest oratory. Around 1474, the local university, as the town council was then …
On the southern slope of Monte Taburno, at 570 metres, this Marian sanctuary commands a wide panorama over the Campanian plain. It belongs to the regi…
This is a Renaissance palazzo in Italy, known as the Palazzo Costabili and also called the Palazzo di Ludovico il Moro. It is a secular building from …
The Cathedral of Cosenza, dedicated to the Madonna del Pilerio, is a Renaissance church that serves as the principal sanctuary of the diocese. It was …
A Renaissance palazzo in Italy. This type of urban palace, typical of the period, was built for wealthy merchant or aristocratic families, often combi…
A palazzo in Italy, from the Renaissance period. It stands as a residential building typical of its era, likely designed for a wealthy family.…
The Santuario Parrocchiale di Maria SS.ma di Grazie e Consolazione sits in the historic centre of Belvedere Marittimo, occupying the former Convent of…
At 1,520 metres, the Santuario Basilica della Madonna di Pietralba, or Maria Weißenstein, stands alone in the high mountain landscape, a place that fe…
A Renaissance palazzo in Italy. This type of building was the urban residence of a wealthy family, designed to display status through symmetry, rustic…
The Santuario Diocesano San Francesco di Paola sits near Paterno, a sanctuary built on the story of a saint and a community’s invitation. In the late …
In the main courtyard, just past the entrance arch, the Chiesa del Popolo is an awkward customer. Its west-facing facade is pressed so close to the bo…
This is a Renaissance church of basilica plan: three aisles, no transept, and semicircular apses. The central nave is taller and wider than the two si…
In the rugged landscape of northern Calabria, the Sanctuary of Saint Mary of the Spasimo, also known as the Sanctuary of the Chapels, stands as a sing…
In the hilltop town of San Chirico Raparo, the parish church of Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo has long been a quiet keeper of relics. Among them, the …
A Renaissance monastery in Italy. The name suggests a place of religious retreat and architectural order typical of the period.…
On the slopes of Monte Giove, in the comune of Mesoraca, stands a Franciscan convent. Juridically dedicated to the Madonna delle Grazie, it is better …
A former church and convent in the Renaissance style, located in Italy. This type of religious complex was common across the peninsula, often serving …
Palazzo Foschi già Guarini Matteucci is a Renaissance palazzo in Italy. It stands as one of the many urban residences from that period, typically buil…
The Santuario della Madonna della Brughiera is not one church but two: the Chiesa Antica and the Chiesa Grande, built without the benefit of a carriag…
Casa Chiappini is a Renaissance palazzo in Italy. This type of urban residence was built to display the wealth and learning of its owners during a per…
The ex convento dell’Annunciata survives as a fragment, its original Renaissance form all but lost beneath centuries of remaking. After 18th-century r…
A short distance from the village, this sanctuary stands among olive groves, quiet and surrounded by nature. Known locally as “delle Grazie” or, in th…
Sala delle Arti e Mestieri di Villa d'Este is a room within the Renaissance villa in Tivoli, Italy. It is one of many spaces in a complex celebrated f…
A few kilometres from Fasano, in a landscape of olive groves and fortified farmhouses, the hamlet of Pozzo Faceto has grown up around its namesake san…
On a hilltop in Santo Stefano di Rogliano, the Santuario Diocesano di Santa Liberata rises in località Tirone. This Renaissance-era church was built o…
At the foot of Monte Vingiolo, some ninety metres above sea level, the Santuario della Madonna della Grotta occupies a vast natural cavern divided int…
A church of the Renaissance period in Italy. It belongs to a tradition of rural sanctuaries that often blend local devotion with architectural forms s…
In the Presila Cosentina, the Santuario Mariano Diocesano della Madonna delle Grazie stands as a quiet anchor of local devotion. Built in 1569, it was…
On a hill above Cirò Marina, the Santuario della Madonna d’Itria commands a wide view of the town and the sea beyond. This is a modern church, complet…
In the historic centre of Soriano Calabro, at the foot of the Serre Vibonesi, the Santuario di San Domenico di Guzmán occupies a church and convent de…
The Santuario Basilica Sant'Angelo d'Acri rises in the presila hills of Cosenza, the birthplace of the Capuchin friar whose name it bears. This Renais…
In a corner of Calabria, the Santuario Diocesano San Rocco rises as a monument to faith and local memory. Built probably in the late sixteenth century…
A palazzo in Italy, from the Renaissance period. Palaces of this era often combined domestic grandeur with civic or commercial functions.…
This is a Renaissance palazzo in Italy. Palaces of this period were often built to display the wealth and influence of powerful families.…
The Santuario Diocesano San Francesco di Paola in Corigliano Calabro is a Renaissance church with a tangible sense of origin story. Founded around 147…
The Santuario Santa Maria delle Grazie sits squarely within a long tradition of Italian churches born from a vow made at sea. In the Renaissance, when…
At the suppressed abbey of SS. Graziano e Felino, the monastic buildings spread around two roughly rectangular courtyards, a study in architectural ac…
In the Calabrian town of Lamezia Terme Sambiase, this Renaissance-era sanctuary has long been a spiritual anchor and a destination for pilgrims. Dedic…
Il Convento dei Frati Minori Cappuccini di Gibilmanna, frazione di Cefalù, fu fondato nel 1535 da p. Sebastiano da Gratteri Secondo una antica tradiz…
In the Calabrian town of Nicastro, now part of Lamezia Terme, stands a church that bears a popular name more powerful than its official one. Dedicated…
On the Calabrian coast, the Santuario Diocesano di San Francesco di Paola stands as a witness to both calamity and deliverance. Built in the late sixt…
A church in Naples, known as the Chiesa della Concezione a Montecalvario. It is a Renaissance-era building in the Quartieri Spagnoli district. Renaiss…
On the flank of Monte Sellaro, at just over a thousand metres above sea level, the Santuario Diocesano Madonna delle Armi is a church built into the r…
At the central angle of a small borgo, where the ground drops away, stands a Renaissance palazzo of layered, asymmetrical character. It is not one bui…
High in the Val Grana, at 1,760 metres, the Santuario Diocesano di San Magno commands the centre of a spectacular alpine bowl. Green pastures sweep up…
In the deep quiet of the valley at Curti di Giffoni Valle Piana, the Santuario di Maria SS.ma di Carbonara rises with a stillness that feels almost de…
On the broad, raised piazza of Annunziata Mercato, this church commands its setting from an elevated position, reached by a monumental staircase. Its …
Sul colle verdeggiante, che dal versante del quartiere di Pozzo Di Gotto domina la città di Barcellona Pozzo Gotto (ME), è situato il convento e il Sa…
On a hillside above Custonaci, this sanctuary to the Madonna was already receiving bequests by the early 1400s, long before the present building rose …
In the heart of the Parco Naturale Regionale delle Serre, the Santuario di Santa Maria della Consolazione stands as a quiet repository of local faith …
This is a Renaissance palazzo, but it does not stand alone. In fact, it is so tightly woven into the urban fabric that its south-east facade is physic…
Just beyond the city walls, the Santuario di Sant’Antonio stands as a singular synthesis of Renaissance sobriety and Baroque richness. Built for the O…
Il 26 settembre 2002 mons. GianCarlo Bregantini nel decreto per “l’Ordinamento Generale dei Santuari Diocesani” ha riconosciuto la chiesa di Santa Mar…
In the Cathedral of Crotone, a Renaissance-era church that serves the parish of San Dionigi, a particular chapel draws the faithful with quiet persist…
This parish church, outwardly neoclassical in style, is a study in layered opulence. Its plan is a long, three-aisled nave, the central vessel rising …
A Renaissance church, the Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo stands in Italy. It is a place of worship from that period, when architecture sought to revi…
This is a Renaissance palazzo at numbers 35 and 37 on Via Giuseppe Garibaldi. Its facade and proportions are typical of the period’s urban palaces, de…
The parish church of San Giovanni Battista, now the Diocesan Sanctuary of Maria SS.ma di Patmos, stands as a Renaissance-era foundation in the Italian…
On the highest ground of Reggio Calabria, in the district called Eremo, stands the Santuario Basilica Maria SS.ma della Cosolazione. Its position is s…
A palazzo in the Renaissance style, located in Italy. It is a type of townhouse built for a wealthy family during that period, often designed to displ…
Palazzo Pareschi is a Renaissance palazzo in Italy. The type is characteristic of the period’s urban palaces, often built for wealthy families as resi…
A Renaissance church on the Italian mainland. It stands as a local example of the period's architectural shift towards symmetry, proportion, and the r…
Villa Mosca is a Renaissance villa in Italy. The period saw many such country retreats built for wealthy families, often combining agricultural estate…
On a wooded rise above Oppido Lucano, the Santuario Maria SS.ma di Belvedere commands a landscape that has drawn pilgrims for centuries. The church’s …
A Renaissance church in Italy dedicated to Saints Anthony and Maglorius. The period typically saw a revival of classical forms and an emphasis on symm…
On a hillside four kilometres from Rocca Imperiale, the Santuario Diocesano Santa Maria della Nova stands as a destination for pilgrims from two dioce…
In the hamlet of Cava, a frazione of Luzzi, stands the Santuario Madonna della Cava o della Sanità. Its origins are uncertain, but the church likely b…
On the right bank of the fiumara Amusa, in the Crochi district of Caulonia, stands a church dedicated to the Most Holy Name of Mary. Here, the Virgin …
Palazzo Bentivoglio is a Renaissance palazzo in Italy. It was built for the Bentivoglio family, who were prominent in the period. Many such palazzi we…
A Renaissance palazzo in Italy. The name suggests a family residence of some ambition, though no specific history is recorded here. Palazzi of this pe…
In the flatlands of the Romagna, the Chiesa di S. Maria delle Grazie di Fornò presents an unusual Renaissance silhouette. Its circular plan, a deliber…
A Renaissance fortress in Italy. Castello di Ribano is a fortified structure typical of its period, when military architecture balanced defensive func…
The Santuario Diocesano di Maria Santissima delle Grazie rises in Castelvetere sul Calore, a church of the Renaissance period that serves as the spiri…
In the undulating countryside of the Benevento province, near the town of San Lorenzo Maggiore, stands a Benedictine sanctuary and convent. The church…
On the edge of town, the Chiesa di S. Maria Stella Maris stands as a modest Renaissance church built with load-bearing masonry walls, arches and vault…
At the hamlet of Margi, in the locality of Paraperi, stands the Santuario Mariano Diocesano Santa Maria delle Grazie. This is a Renaissance-era church…
At the corner of Piazza dei Tribunali, this curious Renaissance structure is built directly into the rock. It is essentially a double-decker arrangeme…
At first glance, Palazzo Parella is a curious hybrid: two distinct rectangular bodies joined at a corner, like a hinge between two worlds. The ground …
This small church presents a quiet architectural palimpsest, its neoclassical façade marked by a giant order of pilasters supporting a simple entablat…
This small oratory is wedged between the Dominican convent’s ‘cloister of the dead’ and the street, communicating with the latter through a handsome a…
Palazzo Mazza, a Renaissance palazzo in Italy. A townhouse of its period, built to project the status of its original owners through proportion and re…
A Renaissance palazzo in Italy. The type typically combines domestic grandeur with civic ambition, its symmetry and rusticated stonework announcing a …
A Renaissance church in Italy, dedicated to San Lorenzo Martire. It stands as a local example of the period's architectural and devotional forms.…
The Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta is a Renaissance parish church, its rectangular plan divided into four bays before the presbytery. A sacristy clings…
Santa Maria della Misericordia, in the comune of Davoli, is a Renaissance church with a long and layered history. Its earliest known mention comes fro…
In the Sabine hills, the diocesan sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie rises in the Ponticelli hamlet, within the comune of Scandriglia. This was Ren…
The Santuario Diocesano di Santa Croce stands on a hilltop in Motta Filocastro, a frazione of Limbadi in Calabria, at 362 metres above sea level. The …
This church, raised to a parish only in 1975, has long been considered a sanctuary by local devotion. Its focus is a wooden crucifix carved by the Fra…
Fabbricato a due piani, a pianta irregolare, con corte interna e loggiato, con muri perimetrali in pietra mista. Copertura a tetto mista…
This is Palazzo Bombini, a three-storey Renaissance palazzo of regular rectangular plan, its roof a mix of slopes. The main façade faces Via Giostra V…
Tucked against the right flank of the Collegiata di S. Maria, this Renaissance canonica is built around a rectangular courtyard with a central well. T…
The Santuario della Madonna del Palazzo is a Renaissance church of central plan, its architecture designed to draw the eye inward and upward. The high…
A palazzo is a Renaissance palace in Italy. These buildings were typically the grand urban residences of wealthy families, and this one belongs to tha…
Palazzo Turchi is a Renaissance palazzo in Italy. This type of urban palace, characteristic of the period, typically combined domestic quarters with s…
A former church in the Renaissance style, located in Italy. Such buildings often mark a shift from medieval austerity toward classical proportion and …
A palazzo from the Renaissance period in Italy. This type of urban residence was built by wealthy families to display status and influence during a ti…
Casa Bonfiglioli is a Renaissance palazzo in Italy. This type of urban residence was typical of the period’s merchant and noble classes, often built t…
Palazzo Borromeo is a Renaissance palazzo of the sort that still quietly shoulders its way through northern Italian city streets, more concerned with …
In the Modena district of Reggio Calabria stands the Santuario Mariano Diocesano Maria Santissima di Modena, a church that is the oldest in the archdi…
Il Santuario della Madonna della Grotta, costruito nel XVI secolo in una grotta di circa 100 mq, incastonato nella montagna di tufo dell’Aspromonte, è…
A Renaissance church in Italy, known as the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rifugio e pertinenze. Its name and form belong to the period’s religious archite…
A Renaissance church in Italy, dedicated to Santa Maria di Portosalvo. The name suggests a connection to safe harbour, a common theme for churches bui…
The Chiesa Confraternita di San Giuseppe is a Renaissance church that plays with space in a characteristically theatrical Italian manner. Its longitud…
A palazzo in Italy, from the Renaissance period. It is a building of its type and time.…
A Renaissance palazzo in Italy. This type of urban residence, typical of the period, was designed to project wealth and civic authority through its ba…
Palazzo Maiolani is a Renaissance palazzo in Italy. It stands as an example of the period's turn toward classical proportion and domestic grandeur in …
This is a Renaissance church of rectangular plan, unusual in its two-aisled arrangement. A dome rises above a side chapel, while a tall campanile stan…
At the western edge of the Turin plain, the Abbazia di S. Antonio di Ranverso presents itself as a long, low rectangle, a monastic building that seems…
La pianta della Chiesa è a navata unica con cappelle laterali più un’abside a cui si addossa la Chiesa di S. Croce…
The Church of San Nicola di Bari, in the upper quarter of Lauria, is a Renaissance-era building whose founding date is unknown, though it appears in e…
A church in the Renaissance style, located in Italy. It is a religious building of the period, typical of the many small churches that dot the Italian…
In the Renaissance, Italian churches often balanced classical order with local materials and craft. The Chiesa di S. Chiara is a plainspoken example: …
On the canal side, this palazzo presents a curious architectural double-take: Gothic elements on the second floor, Lombardesque detailing below. Turn …
A Renaissance palazzo in Italy. The type is defined by its formal, symmetrical facade and the assertion of civic or family status through architecture…
The Chiostri del Monastero Benedettino di S.Vitale is a Renaissance monastery in Italy. Its cloisters are characteristic of the period's architectural…
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