Church of San Nicolò
Via San Nicolò
Padua, May 2025
“San Nicolò is a Romanesque and Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. It stands in front of a homonymous piazza, and is adjacent to the Palazzo Meschini and Palazzo Brunelli-Bonetti. The church was first documented to the 11th century, when it was consigned to monks of the order of St Peter (Monache di San Pietro). It is dedicated to San Nicholas of Myra, and apparently later acquired some relics of the saint. In a document from 1178, bishop Gerardo recalls it among the parishes of Padua. It underwent substantial refurbishment in the early 14th-century. By 1546, the church was known to have 11 altars, many owned by local neighborhood aristocratic families, including the Forzatè. Further refurbishments occurred in the 17th and 18th-centuries. The bell-tower was rebuilt in the 19th-century in a gothic-style. The latest restoration (1966-1971) stripped much of the baroque interior decoration.” (San Nicolò, Wikipedia)
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