Church of San Pietro
Via Emilia
Reggio Emilia, May 2024
“San Pietro (Saint Peter) is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Campo Samarotto #1, with a facade along Via Emilia San Pietro, in the southwestern sector of central Reggio Emilia, Italy. A document from 1140 acknowledges a church-monastery dedicated to Saints Pietro and Prospero existing outside the city walls (extra muros), on the road to Modena. However, the fighting in the region had displaced the Benedictines from that monastery, and for their protection, in 1513 the bishop Albericone, under Pope Leo X, consecrated a new church and convent at this site. The present church was built in the 17th century under designs of various architects initially led by Giulio della Torre from Bologna, while the cupola (1625-1629) was designed by Paolo Messori from Reggio. The church layout follows the rules given by the Council of Trent and is a remarkable example of an architecture still true to its original design. Only the façade was built in the 18th century. The interior has paintings by Alessandro Tiarini, Paolo Emilio Besenzi, Pietro Desani and Malossi.” (San Pietro, Wikipedia)
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