Church of Santa Caterina
Via del Crocifisso
Lucca, June 2024
"The church is one of the highest and most original examples of baroque religious architecture in Lucca, unique for its solution of the façade, placed at an angle, and for the structure, based on an oval plan. It was built, radically modifying a previous construction, between 1738 and 1748, by Francesco Pini. The designs for the sumptuous decoration of the interior are perhaps by Silvestro Giannotti. The two statues depicting Charity and Purity are attributable to Giovanni Lazzoni and Giovanni Antonio Cybei, while the wall paintings and the illusionistic decoration of the dome are by Bartolomeo de Santi. A large oval canvas with The Ecstasy of Saint Catherine by Pompeo Batoni was placed on the high altar, now preserved in the Museum of Palazzo Mansi." (Santa Caterina, Wikipedia)
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