San Giovanni in Canale
Via Croce
Piacenza, May 2024
“San Giovanni in Canale is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic church located on Via Croce 26 in central Piacenza, formerly associated with a Dominican monastery. The Dominican order, newly founded in 2016, arrived in Piacenza in 1220 and patronage soon found them a suitable site next to the Rio Beverora (an Ancient Roman canal that flowed into the Po River, that allowed them to establish a monastery and a church. They dedicated the church to St John the Baptist. This church was called ‘in canale’ to distinguish it from a similarly dedicated temple in town. With the enlargement of the San Giovanni in Canale, a nearby small church belonging to the Templars (Santa Maria del Tempio) was converted into an oratory attached to San Giovanni. This Dominican complex once housed the Inquisition tribunal. The structure, including the facade were rebuilt in 1522 in a Gothic style, with a large rose window. The church was suppressed by the French in 1797.” (San Giovanni in Canale, Wikipedia)
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