Main chapel

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Main chapel
Santa Corona
Contrà Santa Corona
Vicenza, May 2025

“The altar, from 1667–69, is the work of inlayers in precious stones, the Florentine Corbarelli, who also built the small temple above the altar in 1670–71. The grandiose complex stands isolated on three steps, adorned with inlays and geometric and floral motifs. The small temple rises from a base decorated with cherubim and consists of two orders of red marble Corinthian columns. The dome is topped by an image of the Redeemer. On the lower tabernacle door is painted the Resurrection; on the rear tabernacle door, the Christ dead with the Sorrowful Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and the Eternal Father to whom an angel offers the chalice. Flanking the doors are cornucopias. The apse’s stained glass windows, from Munich, date to the late 19th century. Every surface of the altar is adorned with polychrome inlays of precious marbles, lapis lazuli, corals, carnelians, and mother-of-pearl. The frames feature small animals, flowers, cherubs, objects related to the Passion, as well as houses, cottages, churches, and small landscapes.” (Santa Corona, Wikipedia)