San Martino (Siena)

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The Church of San Martino is a church in Siena dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours . It belongs to the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino .

The facade of the Church of San Martino in Siena

location

The church is located in the historic city center within the city ​​walls of Siena in Via Porrione . It is named after the third of the city Terzo di San Martino and is located in the Contrada Torre (tower).

history

The church of San Martino in Siena is one of the oldest churches in the city, it was first documented in the 8th century. It was part of an associated monastery with a hospital and was mentioned regularly from the middle of the 12th century. The church is shaped like a Latin cross , with the campanile at the back. The interiors were restored from 1537 to 1542 by Giovanni Battista Pelori (* 1483 Siena, † 1558 in Avignon ), a student of Baldassare Peruzzi . The travertine façade that is visible today and in the style of Roman mannerism was created by Giovanni Fontana (1540–1614) in 1613.

Works of art in the church

Guido Reni: Circoncisione di Gesù Cristo
  • Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino): Martirio di san Bartolomeo (made in 1637, third altar on the right, badly damaged by a failed restoration by Niccolò Franchini in the 18th century)
  • Domenico Beccafumi : Natività (third altar on the left, 390 × 235 cm)
  • Ilario Casolani : Quaranta martiri (opposite facade, canvas painting)
  • Naddo Ceccarelli: Madonna col Bambino (also called Madonna del Latte )
  • Giovanni di Lorenzo Cini : Immacolata Concezione protegge Siena durante la battaglia di Camollia (made in 1528, 239.5 × 174 cm)
  • Crescenzio Gambarelli : Gloria di Dio e Santi (also Eterno e Santi , canvas painting)
  • Annibale Mazzuoli: frescoes of the dome (1697)
  • Bartolomeo Mazzuoli:
    • Memorie sepolcrali di Camillo De Vecchi (tomb)
    • Memorie sepolcrali di Virgilio De Vecchi (Tomb)
  • Giovanni Antonio Mazzuoli: San Tommaso da Villanova (marble statue)
  • Giuseppe Mazzuoli :
    • Madonna col bambino (fourth altar on the left)
    • Angeli with ciborium (created 1649)
  • Guido Reni : Circoncisione di Gesù Cristo (second altar on the right, also called Altare Gori , made in 1636, 371.5 × 216 cm)
  • Raffaello Vanni : Gloria di Sant'Ivone (first altar on the left)

literature

Web links

Commons : San Martino in Siena  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Chiese Italiane
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Touring Club Italiano: Toscana.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada.
  4. ↑ a b The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture, Volume 2 ( online version at Google Books )
  5. ^ A b Regione Toscana: I Luoghi della Fede.
  6. ↑ Pelòri, Giovanni Battista at Enciclopedie on line, accessed on November 17, 2014 (Italian)
  7. ↑ Fondazione Zeri ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 on the painting Madonna col Bambino / Madonna del Latte by Naddo Ceccarelli, with ill., accessed on November 18, 2014 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fondazionezeri.unibo.it
  8. ↑ Fondazione Zeri ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 on the painting Madonna Immacolata che protegge Siena durante la battaglia di Camollia by Giovanni di Lorenzo Cini, with ill., accessed on November 18, 2014 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fondazionezeri.unibo.it

Coordinates: 43 ° 19 ′ 6.1 ″  N , 11 ° 20 ′ 1.2 ″  E