Chiesa di Santa Maria del Consorzio
 Campanile (right) |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Castel Goffredo , Italy |
| diocese | Diocese of Mantua |
| Building history | |
| start of building | 1434 |
| 45 ° 17 '54.2 " N , 10 ° 28' 29.1" E | |
The Chiesa di Santa Maria del Consorzio was a sacred building in Castel Goffredo , in the province of Mantua . It was located inside the old castle of Castelvecchio on the corner between today's Piazza Gonzaga and Via Manzoni. It belonged to the diocese of Brescia and was demolished in 1986.
history
The single-aisled church of Santa Maria (also called "Chiesa in Castello") was the oldest in the city and was 20.15 meters long. It was probably built on the ruins of the castle within the walls of Castelvecchio (“Castellum vetus”), the first fortification of Castel Goffredo. The church square of the same name is now called Piazza Gonzaga. The construction time is unknown. In the 13th century the church belonged to the Congregazione di Santa Maria di Castel Goffredo per mutuo soccorso ( using the example of the Congregazione della Misericordia Maggiore di Bergamo ), which had its seat here and named the place of worship Church of Santa Maria. After 1288 it was renamed "Chiesa del Consorzio". In 1434 it was radically rebuilt in the late Gothic style ( de novo incepta ), as can be seen from a testament of the time.
Mausoleum of the Gonzaga family from Castel Goffredo and later use
In 1532 the Marchese Aloisio Gonzaga had the building renovated and the Gonzaga family's burial chapel built next to the presbytery . The remains of Aloisio were buried here on July 19, 1549 and then by his son Alfonso, who on May 6, 1592 at Corte Gambaredolo was the victim of murderers hired by Rodolfo, Aloisios' nephew. In the same year Alfonso's widow, Ippolita Maggi, had the two corpses transferred to the pilgrimage church of Madonna delle Grazie near Mantua, in which a plaque made of white marble commemorates the event. In 1595 Alfonso's daughters Giulia and Ginevra Gonzaga were also brought there by order of Ippolita Maggi.
In 1798 the church was used as Monte di Pietà . In the 1920s the building was first converted into a carpentry workshop, then it became a post office and ultimately a residential building. In some rooms, both the city library and the Polizia Municipale had their seat.
Demolition of the church building
When the former church was demolished in 1986 to rebuild a new private building, important early medieval finds (from the 8th and 9th centuries) came to light, proving the existence of the fortifications of Castelvecchio and a medieval castle.
Only a few elements of the old church have survived: the polygonal apse with ribbed vault, some frescoes from the 16th century and the bell tower, which was reworked in the 15th century, with double and single arched windows . Three inscription panels from the time of Marchese Aloisio Gonzaga (“Epigrafi aloysiane”) and a marble portal dated 1532 on the side of the provost church of Saint Erasmus.
literature
- Costante Berselli: Castelgoffredo nella storia. Mantua 1978.
- Francesco Bonfiglio: Notes storiche di Castelgoffredo. Mantua 2005, ISBN 88-7495-163-9 .
- Enzo Boriani: Castelli e torri dei Gonzaga nel territorio mantovano. Brescia 1969.
- Rosanna Golinelli Berto: Sepolcri Gonzagheschi. Mantua 2013, ISBN 978-88-908415-0-7 .
- Carlo Gozzi: Raccolta di documenti per la storia patria od Effemeridi storiche patrie. Tomo I, Mantua 2001.
- Carlo Togliani: Il principe e l'eremita. Mantua 2009, ISBN 978-88-7495-327-1 .y
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berselli, p. 119.
- ↑ Bonfiglio (2005), p. 110.
- ^ Carlo Gozzi, Raccolta di documenti per la storia patria od Effemeridi storiche patrie , Tomo I, Mantova, 2001.
- ↑ Bonfiglio (2005), p. 110.
- ↑ Rosanna Golinelli Berto, Sepolcri Gonzagheschi , 2013, Mantova.
- ↑ Berselli, p. 119.
- ↑ Bonfiglio (2005), p. 111.