San Giacomo (Siena)

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The Church of San Giacomo (also Oratorio di San Giacomo ) is a church in Siena dedicated to Saint James the Elder . It belongs to the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino .

The Church of San Giacomo in Siena
The facade of the Church of San Giacomo in Siena

location

The church is located in the historic city center within the city ​​walls of Siena in Via Salicotto . It is located in the third third of the city, Terzo di San Martino, in the Contrada Torre (tower) and is its counterpart church. In addition to the church, the building complex also includes the Contrada Torre museum and the contrada fountain on the left.

history

The church was built between 1531 and 1536 in memory of the Battle of Camollia , which Siena successfully fought against Florence and Pope Clement VII on July 25, 1526 . In the interior there is the stone inscription IM.MAR.OB VICT.1526. 1536 FP (The Immacolata ( Immaculate Conception ) of Mary in thanks for the victory of 1526, founded in 1536). The church is dedicated to St. James (the Elder) and St. Christopher , whose Saint Day is on July 25th. The patron saints of the Church are James (the Elder) and Anna (July 26th). It is not known whether the church was built on the initiative of the city (Repubblica di Siena), the people or the contradictions. For the construction of the church from October 1531 stones were used that were no longer needed there due to the completion of the Fortino di San Prospero (also Fortino dello Sportello ) by Baldassare Peruzzi . The first bell was made of bronze and was made in 1532 by Antonio da Siena. According to legend, melted down guns of the defeated Fiorentines from the battle of 1526 were used for this.

The church was expanded around 1660, the current facade was built in 1667. The organ dates from 1835 and was created in Pistoia by Giosuè Nicodeme and Giovanni Agati. In 1893 Giuseppe Partini carried out a facade restoration and it was through him that the design of the floor marble, which was realized by Leopoldo Maccari (1893-1894), was created. The new campanile was created in 1901 by Agenore Socini. At least two new bells were installed on this occasion. The campanile can accommodate four bells, of which only three places are currently occupied. The age of the third bell is still unexplored. The blessing of the new bells took place on July 25, 1900, the inauguration planned for August 5 was postponed to July 25, 1901 due to the assassination attempt and the death of Umberto I. The larger one (Campana maggiore), named after the founder Gasparre Olmi Gasparre , has a diameter of 66 cm and is located on Via Salicotto. On it there are images of Caspar and Sant'Anna. The smaller bell (Camapana minore) has a diameter of 58 cm and shows images of San Cristoforo and San Giacomo. The third and smallest bell (Campanina) has a diameter of 26 cm. In 1955 the attic was renewed. The contrasting fountain on the left side of the building was designed by Mauro Berrettini, was built in 1984 and replaced the one by Fausto Cosini from 1954.

The Campanile of San Giacomo with the bell called Gasparre , in the background Sant'Agostino

Works of art in the church

  • Deifebo Burbarini :
    • Gesù e San Giacomo (third painting on the left)
    • Gesù in gloria e San Giacomo (first painting on the left)
  • Giovanni di Lorenzo Cini: Madonna e Santi , created in 1545 (second painting on the right, was expanded in 1876 by a tabernacle by Pasquale Leoncini)
  • Rutilio Manetti :
    • Martirio di San Giacomo (canvas painting, 282.5 × 175 cm, high altar, made in 1605)
    • Crocifissione , fourth painting on the right ( presbytery (canvas painting, 256 × 172.5 cm, created in 1625, from the Certosa di Maggiano)
  • Aurelio Martelli (called Il Mutolo , 1644–1721)
    • San Giacomo con un infermo e Santi (first painting on the right)
    • San Giacomo risana l'infermo )
    • Sant'Anna la Vergine col Figlio e San Giovannino (second painting on the left, from around 1700)
  • Dionisio Monterselli: frescoes of the vault (Volta), completed in 1702.
  • Sodoma : Andata al Calvario (late work, around 1546)

literature

Web links

Commons : San Giacomo in Siena  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Touring Club Italiano: Toscana.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada.
  3. ^ A b Regione Toscana: I Luoghi della Fede.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Gianfranco Campanini, Andrea Muzzi: Oratori di Contrada.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Official website of the Contrade della Torre
  6. ↑ Simon Pepper / Nicholas Adams: Armi da fuoco e fortificazioni. Architettura militare e guerre d'assedio nella Siena del XVI secolo. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-7145-068-X , p. 61
  7. ↑ Giovanni di Lorenzo “dipentore” e la fondazione dell'oratorio della Contrada della Torre on the pages of Ecomuseo Siena, accessed on October 29, 2014 (Italian)
  8. ↑ Le campane dell'oratorio di San Giacomo on the pages of Ecomuseo Siena, accessed on October 30, 2014 (Italian)
  9. ↑ Archive of the website of the Comune Siena for the Contrade Torre, accessed on October 29, 2014 (Italian) ( web.archive.org from November 6, 2014 )
  10. ↑ Official website of the Fondazione Zeri ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the University of Bologna for the picture Martirio di San Giacomo Maggiore by Rutilio Manetti, with ill., accessed on November 6, 2014 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fe.fondazionezeri.unibo.it
  11. ↑ Official website of the Fondazione Zeri ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the University of Bologna for the picture Crocifissione di Cristo by Rutilio Manetti, with ill., accessed on November 6, 2014 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fe.fondazionezeri.unibo.it

Coordinates: 43 ° 19 ′ 1.4 ″  N , 11 ° 20 ′ 3.7 ″  E