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Oratorio di Santa Cecilia, Bologna

Bologna, 🇮🇹 Italy

The Oratory of Saints Cecilia and Valeriano is a religious site in central Bologna, found on Via Zamboni, contiguous to the portico of the… Read more…

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Oratorio di Santa Cecilia, Bologna
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Oratorio di Santa Cecilia, Bologna
Amico Aspertini
Oratorio di Santa Cecilia, Bologna
Amico Aspertini
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Walk · 6 min
Corner Café
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Walk · 18 min
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The Oratory of Saints Cecilia and Valeriano is a religious site in central Bologna, found on Via Zamboni, contiguous to the portico of the church of San Giacomo Maggiore.

The oratory was built at the site of a Romanesque church commissioned by the then ruler of Bologna Giovanni II Bentivoglio. It was frescoed starting in 1505 by series of Renaissance painters associated with the Bentivoglio court, including Francesco Francia, Lorenzo Costa and Amico Aspertini. The frescoes cover the walls flanking the oratory entrance. In ten panels, divided by pilaster strips in decorated grotteschi, scenes from the life of Saint Cecilia and her husband Valerian are described.The individual attribution of all the panels is not entirely clear; they depict:

Marriage of Cecilia and Valerian

Source: Wikipedia

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Address 5/A Piazza Giuseppe Verdi, Bologna 40126, Italy
Coordinates 44°29'45.378" N, 11°21'0.556" E
Riverside Hotel
Taxi · 8 min
Oratorio di Santa Cecilia, Bologna
2h
Walk · 6 min
Corner Café
45 min
Walk · 18 min
Riverside Hotel

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