CHIESA DI SAN PIETRO
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CHIESA DI SAN PIETRO
Constructed: 1781
Style: Baroque
Location: Corso Vittoria Colonna, Ischia Porto
Architect: Unknown. Constructed under the patronage of Don Antonio Moraldi
La Chiesa di San Pietro (also known as Chiesa Santa Maria delle Grazie) is an eighteenth century church in Ischia Porto. It's situated along the busy thoroughfare of Corso Vittoria Colonna, close to San Pietro Beach.
With a façade of convex curves and oval windows, S. Maria delle Grazie, has a colourful exterior of yellow and white stucco and stands in a small piazza constructed of lava stones, set above street level. The piazza is dedicated to Pasquale Battistessa, who was executed at the foot of the altar during the Revolution of 1799. Just visible is the dome of green and yellow ceramic tiles.
The simple oval interior, has a short choir and semi-circular apse at the east end and shallow side chapels – the first of which, on the left, contains the much venerated statue of 1830 by Gennaro Romannelli, of S. Peter (a fisherman), taken out on procession on 28th June every year. Above the main altar hangs a painting of the Madonna delle Grazie with souls in purgatory by the Ischian artist, Carlo Borrelli Ponticelli (active late 18th century).
How to get to La Chiesa di San Pietro:
From the main port head towards the town area and turn left on to Via Roma. Continue up the hill and the name of the street changes to Corso Vittoria Colonna. The church is located halfway up the hill on the left hand side of the road.
Style: Baroque
Location: Corso Vittoria Colonna, Ischia Porto
Architect: Unknown. Constructed under the patronage of Don Antonio Moraldi
La Chiesa di San Pietro (also known as Chiesa Santa Maria delle Grazie) is an eighteenth century church in Ischia Porto. It's situated along the busy thoroughfare of Corso Vittoria Colonna, close to San Pietro Beach.
With a façade of convex curves and oval windows, S. Maria delle Grazie, has a colourful exterior of yellow and white stucco and stands in a small piazza constructed of lava stones, set above street level. The piazza is dedicated to Pasquale Battistessa, who was executed at the foot of the altar during the Revolution of 1799. Just visible is the dome of green and yellow ceramic tiles.
The simple oval interior, has a short choir and semi-circular apse at the east end and shallow side chapels – the first of which, on the left, contains the much venerated statue of 1830 by Gennaro Romannelli, of S. Peter (a fisherman), taken out on procession on 28th June every year. Above the main altar hangs a painting of the Madonna delle Grazie with souls in purgatory by the Ischian artist, Carlo Borrelli Ponticelli (active late 18th century).
How to get to La Chiesa di San Pietro:
From the main port head towards the town area and turn left on to Via Roma. Continue up the hill and the name of the street changes to Corso Vittoria Colonna. The church is located halfway up the hill on the left hand side of the road.
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