San Domenico, Prato

Chiesa di San Domenico
	Facade
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Location
Location	Prato, Italy
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Romanesque
Groundbreaking	1300 ca.
Completed	1700 ca.

San Domenico is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church in Prato, region of Tuscany, central Italy.

History

Bell-tower of San Domenico

Construction of the church and adjacent monastery was begun in 1282, and continued till 1325. The bell-tower was added in 1313. Only the first story of the church facade was faced with green and white marble and stone, while the superior portions remain in unadorned brick. The external arches are attributed to Giovanni Pisano. The portal of the church has heraldic symbols recalling the patronage of Cardinal Niccolò Albertini, in its construction.

The interior altars house a 14th-century painted wooden crucifix and an Annunciation by Matteo Rosselli (1578-1650). The cloister of the adjacent convent was built in 1478-80. An adjacent museum has works of wall frescoes.[1]

Images

The cloister
Main Altar
Crucifixion by il Poppi
Crucifix by Lorenzo di Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
The interior of the church

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References

Media related to San Domenico (Prato) at Wikimedia Commons

Rete Civica di Prato, entry.

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[1] Rete Civica di Prato, entry.