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San Niccolò al Carmine, Siena

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and the Arco di Santa Lucia. In the 14th-century, the convent was engrossed by the Walls of Siena. The church and bell-tower as we see it today was designed by
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developed at the site and was documented since about 1265. At this time, the church was outside the walls of the medieval city, outside the
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church and monastery located in Pian dei Mantellini #30, near the corner of Via della Diana in the Terzo de Citta of
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Tradition holds that some hermits lived at the site in 770; the site then acquired an aedicule with the icon of the
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in 1517; work continued on the church until the 17th century. Later it became a military barrack.
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at the right end of the nave, was once kept by the wool-workers. The marble altar was created by
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An altar on the right houses an ancient and revered icon of the Virgin, the
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of Pantera. Across the street from the belltower is the
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is on a sepulchral monument with relics of the blessed
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16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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in the Counterfacade altar is a masterwork (1604) by
317:, Enrico Torrini, editor; Siena, (1907); page 77-78. 238:Next to the Main Altar is a canvas depicting the 62:. North along Pian dei Mantellini, toward the 8: 294:La chiesa di S. Niccolò del Carmine in Siena 286: 70:: in order they are the Neoclassical 7: 261:The Sacristy (1512) was designed by 235:also decorated this chapel in 1512. 201:in the altar near the lateral door. 18:Saint Michael (Beccafumi, 1526-1535) 296:, by Vittorio Lusini, 1907, page 7. 195:St Michael defeats the Rebel Angels 149:St Michael defeats the Rebel Angels 315:Guida di Siena e dei suoi dintorni 25: 371:Renaissance architecture in Siena 31:Church of San Niccolò al Carmine. 366:Roman Catholic churches in Siena 113:To the sides of the entry is an 217:Chapel of the Holiest Sacrament 68:Monastery of the Derelict Women 137:, Another painting here is by 94:. A church and convent of the 1: 175:Vision of St Teresa of Avila 133:, and completed by 1571 by 129:on the right was begun by 392: 127:Adoration of the Shepherds 231:. The Mannerist painter 123:Assumption of the Virgin 342:43.314199°N 11.327392°E 40:Santa Maria del Carmine 206:Madonna dei Mantellini 151: 36:San Niccolò al Carmine 32: 154:A canvas depicts the 147: 60:Palazzo Celsi Pollini 30: 347:43.314199; 11.327392 263:Vannoccio Biringucci 233:Girolamo del Pacchia 187:Giacomo Pacchiarotti 119:Dionisio Montorselli 64:Arco delle Due Porte 338: /  197:is a masterwork by 171:Alessandro Casolani 135:Arcangelo Salimbeni 305:V. Lusini, page 8. 271:Giacomo Cozzarelli 269:in terra cotta by 248:St Teresa of Avila 221:Lorenzo di Mariano 199:Domenico Beccafumi 191:Giovanni Colombini 152: 108:Baldassare Peruzzi 104:Gate of Stalloregi 102:, also called the 100:Porta de Due Porte 33: 179:Giuseppe Colignon 177:, was painted by 16:(Redirected from 383: 353: 352: 350: 349: 348: 343: 339: 336: 335: 334: 331: 318: 312: 306: 303: 297: 291: 225:Nativity of Mary 183:Ascent of Christ 158:Franco da Grotti 72:Palazzo Incontri 21: 391: 390: 386: 385: 384: 382: 381: 380: 356: 355: 346: 344: 340: 337: 332: 329: 327: 325: 324: 322: 321: 313: 309: 304: 300: 292: 288: 283: 275:Giuseppe Nasini 244:Rutilio Manetti 210:Francesco Vanni 163:Rutilio Manetti 88: 80:Palazzo Segardi 76:Palazzo Ravissa 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 389: 387: 379: 378: 373: 368: 358: 357: 320: 319: 307: 298: 285: 284: 282: 279: 240:Blessed Franco 167:St Bartholomew 87: 84: 48:Roman Catholic 38:, also called 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 388: 377: 374: 372: 369: 367: 364: 363: 361: 354: 351: 316: 311: 308: 302: 299: 295: 290: 287: 280: 278: 276: 272: 268: 267:St Sigismondo 264: 259: 257: 253: 252:Stefano Volpi 249: 245: 241: 236: 234: 230: 226: 223:and it has a 222: 218: 213: 211: 207: 202: 200: 196: 192: 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 168: 164: 161:, painted by 160: 159: 150: 146: 142: 140: 139:Stefano Volpi 136: 132: 128: 124: 120: 116: 111: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 85: 83: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 29: 19: 323: 310: 301: 289: 266: 265:, and has a 260: 256:Tommaso Redi 247: 239: 237: 224: 216: 214: 205: 203: 194: 182: 174: 166: 155: 153: 148: 126: 122: 114: 112: 103: 91: 89: 39: 35: 34: 345: / 115:Anunciation 44:Renaissance 360:Categories 333:11°19′39″E 330:43°18′51″N 281:References 96:Carmelites 92:Mantellini 156:Blessed 78:and the 56:Contrada 86:History 46:style, 246:and a 229:Sodoma 193:. The 173:. The 131:Riccio 125:. An 74:, the 181:; an 52:Siena 42:is a 215:The 250:by 242:by 227:by 185:by 117:by 362:: 277:. 258:. 212:. 165:; 141:. 82:. 20:)

Index

Saint Michael (Beccafumi, 1526-1535)

Renaissance
Roman Catholic
Siena
Contrada
Palazzo Celsi Pollini
Arco delle Due Porte
Monastery of the Derelict Women
Palazzo Incontri
Palazzo Ravissa
Palazzo Segardi
Carmelites
Porta de Due Porte
Baldassare Peruzzi
Dionisio Montorselli
Riccio
Arcangelo Salimbeni
Stefano Volpi

Franco da Grotti
Rutilio Manetti
Alessandro Casolani
Giuseppe Colignon
Giacomo Pacchiarotti
Giovanni Colombini
Domenico Beccafumi
Francesco Vanni
Lorenzo di Mariano
Sodoma

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