Chiesa di San Martino - Siena, Italia
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N 43° 19.107 E 011° 20.013
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San Martino is a Roman Catholic church located on Via del Porrione, in the Terzo San Martino in central in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Waymark Code: WMXXPD
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 03/13/2018
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"Right next to the Lodges of the Pope, there is the Church of San Martino, with the facade that dates back to 1613, artwork by Giovanni Fontana, and a bell tower that was instead finished over one hundred years later, in 1738.
Inside, two important artworks: the Circoncisione by Guido Reni (1636) on the splendid marble altar dedicated to the Gori family and Natività di Gesù by Domenico Beccafumi, one of the most beautiful artworks by the Sienese artist.
The arrangement of the transept and the presbytery is due to an act of patronage of the de'Vecchi family, who entrusted its realization to a whole family of Sienese sculptors and stone-cutters, the Mazzuoli."
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"A church at the site was present by the 12th century, but it was rebuilt and enlarged in the 16th century. The Baroque façade was built in 1613 and the bell tower completed in 1738.
The interior, in the counterfaçade, has a canvas of the Immaculate Conception Protecting Siena during the 1526 Battle of Camollia by Giovanni di Lorenzo, commissioned by the city's commune in 1528. In the chapels are, among the others: the Circumcision of Jesus, one of Guido Reni's masterworks, the Martyrdom of San Bartolomeo (1637) by Guercino and a Nativity by Domenico Beccafumi.
The presbytery's restoration in the 17th century was patronized by the de' Vecchi family, who commissioned the decorations to the Mazzuoli family. Giuseppe Mazzuoli completed the statue of St. Thomas of Villanova, and he helped his brother Giovanni complete the main altar."
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