Chiesa di Sant Angelo, Lugano

Chiesa di Sant Angelo
Lugano, Italy

"The church of Santa Maria degli Angeli is a late Romanesque religious building located in Lugano Centro.

Interior

(Front of Sanctuary)

"The church was built from 17 February 1499 ^[1] . It arose on the initiative of the citizens of the village, in thanksgiving for two important events. In the first place, the church wanted to celebrate the renewed harmony among the citizens after the struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines, sworn in 1496 in memory of the one stipulated among the Lugano factions in 1445 on the impulse of Fra 'Silvestro da Siena, a disciple of San Bernardino da Siena . Secondly, it was intended to thank the Observant Franciscans for their work of charity during the plague of 1498 ^[2] .  

Interior

(Rear of Sanctuary)

"On the partition is the grandiose " Passion and Crucifixion " by Bernardino Luini(the most famous Renaissance fresco of Switzerland , dated 1529 ). The current high altar is a beautiful eighteenth-century wooden work , from the convent of Santa Croce in Como and donated to the Angioli church in 1839 ." (Link.)

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Photos: Taken in March 2018 with an Iphone by Richard Wilson while traveling to Italy from his home in Basel Switzerland where he lives and works.Link: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_Santa_Maria_degli_Angeli_(Lugano)

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God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)