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| THE CHIESA DI SANT’AGOSTINO (CHURCH OF ST. AUGUSTINE), Via Sant’Agostino - Treviso |
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| The Chiesa di Sant’Agostino (Church of St. Augustine) is the unique example
of sacred building in Treviso which has a elliptic plan; in the middle of 18th century the edification of this church began
and it ended in 1758 by the design of the friar Francesco Vecellio. |
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Chiesa di Sant’Agostino - 1846 Antonio Nani’s engraving (Biblioteca Comunale di Treviso)
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The new church was built where once there was the first church,
which had a rectangular plan. Today there are still some evidences of the old church, among these we may
remember that of Nicolò Cima who described it as a building with three naves perhaps the statuette of
St. Antonio (which it is possible to see on the façade today) belonged to this old Church.
The Church of St. Augustine, as other churches in Treviso (for example the Chiesa di San Vito - Church of St. Vito -,
the Chiesa di Santa Lucia - Church of St. Lucy - and the Chiesa di Sant’Andrea - Church of St. Andrew), was the seat of a
school: the School of Cobblers. |
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The walls and the ceiling are adorned by stuccos and
inlaid marbles inside the Church.
The walls, the marble objects and the furniture are original
but many old objects were took there from other religious buildings under the Napoleonic decrees of 1806.
The Chiesa di Sant’Agostino (Church of St. Augustine) succeeded in avoiding the Napoleonic decrees but it was degraded to vicarious church. |
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Indoor the Church of St. Augustine there are a lot of admirable
masterworks: when we go in from main entrance we may see two frescoes representing the ’Flagellazione’
(scourging) and the St. Sebastiano, both frescoes are made in 14th and 15th century.
On the left in a
little cavity we may be impressed by the ’Madonna della cintura’ which, as statues of St. Augustine and his
mother St. Monica, comes from Church of St. Margherita.
We may see two anconas: the first made by Ludovico Pozzoserrato is located on right altar; it represents St. Aniano, who is patron of Scuola dei ’Calegheri’
(Cobblers’ School), the Saint is represented while he is repairing a shoe and St. Mark, St. Julian and
the Madonna are looking at him. |
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 Chiesa di Sant’Agostino today |
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The second ancona is by Antonio Marinetti, called
"il Chioggiotto"; it is placed on the main altar and it is representing the Madonna and St. Augustine
while they are giving the rule of Somaschi priests congregation to St. Girolamo Emiliani, who made this
congregation.
It is possible to admire the works by Carlo Loth, by Marinetti and by Maggiotto. |
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