The Basilica Co-Cathedral of Montalto delle Marche or the 'Basilica Santa Maria Assunta e San Vito'

            The Basilica Co-Cathedral of Montalto delle Marche or the 'Basilica Santa Maria Assunta e San Vito' is the main church of the town of Montalto delle Marche, Le Marche, Italy. The diocese of Montalto was founded in 1586 by Pope Sixtus V, who erected the present crypt of the church. The pope had received his religious training in the convent of San Francesco in the town. The crypt was completed early and intended to house the structures from the Holy Sepulchre. It now houses a sculptural group of the Deposition by Giorgio Paci. Construction of the church continued for centuries. Mass was only carried out by the end of the 17th century. The final Neoclassical style portico-facade and the octagonal bell tower at the rear of the church were designed by Luigi Poletti in the 19th century. It was made a minor basilica in 1965, with a baptistry in 1967, and had stained glass added in 1990s.
The painting called the Madonna di Montalto was commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Peretti from the painter Annibale Carracci but the painting never was reached the town and remains in Bologna. The baptismal font was sculpted in 1652.
The tall brick façade has an eclectic Neoclassical design with three round arches almost suggesting a triumphal arch, flanked by pilasters with Corinthian capitals, but for the small triangular tympanum, nestled underneath a balustrade. The interior reflects the façade with a taller barrel vaulted central nave and two lower aisles separated by heavy columns and a total of 12 lateral chapels. The vault of the nave was frescoed in panels by the 19th-century painter Luigi Fontana. To the right of the entrance, the first chapel serves as the baptistry. It has a canvas depicting the Baptism of Christ (1967) painted by Michelangelo Bedini in baroque fashion. The chapel closest to the altar on the left has an canvas depicting the Virgin with the Town of Montalto and Saints Vito and Venanzo (1691) by Pietro Lucatelli. Two other altarpieces and nave frescoes are painted by Fontana.
   

Taken in: Italia / Marche / Montalto delle Marche (show map)

Taken on: August 30, 2017

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