Santa Maria Maggiore (Bergamo)

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South facade of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore
Interior view of the central nave
Entrance hall with north portal

The Roman Catholic Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo in Lombardy is a basilica . Construction began in 1137 and remained unfinished. The north transept facade with the vestibule was created around 1350.

Building

The north portal ( Porta dei Leoni rossi ) is covered with an elaborately designed vestibule, dated 1353 and revised in the 14th century. A round arch is supported by two pillars resting on lions made of red Veronese marble. (A pillar on a lion is a symbol for overcoming evil, so it is very common at church entrances. Iconographically , the lions indicate the function of the vestibule as a place of justice .) The archivolt of the round arch depicts a hunting scene. Above the arch there is a loggia with three arcades with pointed cloverleaf arches, in which there are statues of Saints Barnabas, Vincent and Alexander (on horseback). Above them, another loggia covers a Madonna with the child, flanked by the Bergamasque saints Asteria and Grata. The Romanesque portal itself dates from the 12th and 13th centuries.

In front of the south portal ( Porta dei Leoni bianchi ) is a more simply designed vestibule from 1360. The outer pillars rest on white lions; the inner pair of pillars is supported by a male and a female crouching figure.

inner space

The interior is an originally Romanesque (from 1173), later Baroque three-aisled gallery basilica with the monuments and graves of the composers Gaetano Donizetti and Johann Simon Mayr .

  • View into the presbytery

  • The right side choir

  • Fresco from 1347 in the right transept arm

  • Tapestry of Flemish origin (1696–98) with a crucifixion scene

  • Gaetano Donizetti's tomb

organ

The organ of Santa Maria Maggiore was built in 1915 by the organ builder Carlo Vegezzi Bossi, and restored and expanded in 1948 and most recently in 1992 by the organ builders Gebr. Ruffatti. The instrument is set up on the two bleachers in the apse . It can be controlled via a mobile gaming table that is set up in the church near the altar. The organ has 62 stops on three manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are electric.

I Positivo Espressivo C – c 4
Bordone 16 ′
Eufonio 8th'
Corno dolce 8th'
Salicionale 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Ottava 4 ′
Flauto ottaviante 4 ′
Flauto in Duodecima 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Piccolo 2 ′
Cornetto III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Unda maris 8th'
Tromba dolce 8th'
Clarinetto 8th'
tremolo
II Grand'Organo Cc 4
Principals 16 ′
Principals I 8th'
Principals II 8th'
Flauto traverso 8th'
Dulciana 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Quinta 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Ottava I 4 ′
Ottava II 4 ′
Flauto a camino 4 ′
Duodecima 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Decimaquinta 2 ′
Cornetto III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Ripieno Grave VI 2 ′
Ripieno Acuto VIII 1'
Trombones 16 ′
Tromba 8th'
Clarone 4 ′
III Espressivo Cc 4
Controgamba 16 ′
Voce corale 8th'
Principalino 8th'
Bordone 8th'
Viola gamba 8th'
Viola celeste 8th'
Concerto viole 8th'
Flauto armonico 4 ′
Voce Eterea 4 ′
Ottava Eolina 4 ′
Ottavina 2 ′
Ripieno V 2 ′
Tuba mirabilis 8th'
oboe 8th'
Voce corale piano 8th'
Voce corale forte 8th'
Pedals Cg 1
Subbasso 32 ′
Contrabbasso 16 ′
Principals 16 ′
Bordone 16 ′
Violone 16 ′
Armonica 16 ′
Gran Quinta 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Ottava 8th'
Bordone 8th'
violoncello 8th'
Quinta 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Ottava 4 ′
Ripieno VIII 4 ′
Controbombarda 32 ′
Bombarda 16 ′

Graves of personalities

Web links

Commons : Santa Maria Maggiore (Bergamo)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lexicon of Christian Iconography (LCI). Freiburg im Breisgau 1968 (1994) IV, p. 225
  2. ^ Organ (Italian) ( Memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 45 ° 42 ′ 13.4 "  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 43.6"  E