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Chiesa di Santa Maria del Suffragio

General Information

Beginning of works: 10 October 1713
Completion: December 1719
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Church
Architectural style: Baroque
Material: Masonry structure

Location

Location: , , ,
Coordinates: 42° 20' 54.30" N    13° 23' 52.21" E
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Excerpt from Wikipedia

Santa Maria del Suffragio, commonly called the church of Anime Sante (Blessed Souls), is an 18th-century church in L'Aquila, central Italy.

It was begun on October 10, 1713, ten years after the 1703 L'Aquila earthquake damaged the Confraternita del Suffragio's former seat.

The Roman architect Carlo Buratti was charged with the work. In 1770 Gianfrancesco Leomporri added a Baroque façade, and years later, in 1805, the church was completed with a neoclassical dome by Giuseppe Valadier.

Being one of the most important churches of the city, Santa Maria del Suffragio also became one of the main symbols of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake when, on April 6, 2009, it suffered serious damages and its dome was almost entirely pulled down by the quake.

The extensive damage to the church was a direct consequence of a lack of retrofitting. Although The church received a great deal of funding to be architecturally restored and aesthetically 'upholstered' but lacked investment into the protection of its structural integrity; which is a disappointment as it was believed by many to be a building of cultural and architectural significance.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Santa Maria del Suffragio, L''Aquila" and modified on June 2, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20074592
  • Published on:
    17/01/2018
  • Last updated on:
    10/11/2022
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