{"id":22592,"date":"2020-11-30T11:04:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/santa-maria-di-campagna-basilica\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:16:57","slug":"santa-maria-di-campagna-basilica","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/santa-maria-di-campagna-basilica\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Maria di Campagna Basilica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Basilica of Santa Maria di Campagna is a jewel of Renaissance architecture, a masterpiece from the mature period of the Piacenza architect <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.altrama.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/alessio-tramello\/\">Alessio Tramello<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The church was built between 1522 and 1528 to provide a worthy home for the polychrome wooden image of the miraculous \u201cMadonna della Campagnola\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>The architecture<\/h3>\n<p>The geometrically precise fa\u00e7ade preludes an interior rich in pictorial ornamentation, paintings and decorations.<br \/>\nThe cycle of frescoes by the painter Giovanni Antonio de&#8217; Sacchis, known as Il Pordenone, is of exceptional quality. He left some of his most significant works here (1529-31). Entering on the left-hand side, you will find the recently restored painting dedicated to St. Augustine. This is followed by the chapels with the stories of the Magi and St. Catherine, commissioned from the Friulian painter by local noble families.<\/p>\n<h3>The dome<\/h3>\n<p>However, the most impressive work, begun by Pordenone and completed by Bernardino Gatti, known as Il Sojaro, is the <strong>dome<\/strong>. The culmination and starting point of the decoration is<strong> God the Father<\/strong> in the lantern; looking down, you can see the <strong>Prophets<\/strong> and <strong>Sibyls<\/strong> with their piercing \u201c<em>terribili scurti<\/em>\u201d (terrible glances), a distinctive feature of the artist. Pordenone&#8217;s work ended with the ovals and the frieze, where <strong>religious<\/strong> themes alternate with <strong>pagan<\/strong> subjects, also using monochrome as a reference to antiquity.<br \/>\nFollowing a \u201ccall back home\u201d, Giovanni Antonio de&#8217; Sacchis did not complete the commission for the friars.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Basilica of Santa Maria di Campagna<\/strong> was the ducal church, where the Farnese family celebrated baptisms and victories and prayed in times of difficulty. A sculpture by Mochi depicting Ranuccio Farnese looks down on the altar from above, while behind the altar itself, a plaque commemorates the burial of Isabella and Francesco Farnese.<\/p>\n<h3>The climb<\/h3>\n<p>From 30 December 2023, it will be possible to climb up to the dome and admire the work of Pordenone and Sojaro up close.<br \/>\nAscents on Saturdays and Sundays at 4 and 5 p.m. Info on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirabiliprospettive.it\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renaissance architecture jewel, mature masterpiece by the architect Alessio Tramello from Piacenza.It was built between 1522 and 1528 to preserve the polichrome wooden image of a miraculous Madonna della Campagnola. The geometrically clean fa\u00e7ade contrasts with an interior which is extremely rich in pictorial ornaments, paintings and decorations.The church preserves a very meaningful cycle of frescoes by Giovanni Antonio Sacchi , called Pordenone, who left here one of his most important works (1529-31), located on the dome (biblical figures and mithological scenes) and in the first two left chapels (SantAgostino, Santa Caterinas wedding, Adoration of the Magi, Shepherds adoration, Escape in Egypt). Inside there are also works by Galeazzo, Giulio and Bernardino Campi, Camillo Procaccini, Guercino, Malosso, De Longe, F. Bibiena, Stern, Avanzini.","protected":false},"featured_media":18415,"template":"","territorio":[939],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[924],"class_list":["post-22592","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-piacenza-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-religious-architecture"],"acf":{"location":{"lat":"45.056572","lng":"9.680268","address":"Piazzale delle Crociate, 5"},"chiusura_settimanale":"","contatti_iat":[{"contatto_iat":"telephone","valore":"+39 0523 490728"},{"contatto_iat":"email","valore":"santamariadicampagna@gmail.com"},{"contatto_iat":"website","valore":"https:\/\/santamariadicampagna.com\/"}],"iat":30186,"localita":33156,"accessibilita_disabili":"The Basilica is accessible to the disabled.","orario":"<p>Every day: 7 a.m.-12 p.m.\/4-7 p.m.<\/p>\n","tariffe":"<p>Admission prices:<br \/>\nFree admission for the church<br \/>\nA fee is to be paid for the ascent <\/p>\n"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Santa Maria di Campagna Basilica - Visit Piacenza<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Renaissance architecture jewel, masterpiece by the architect Alessio Tramello from Piacenza. 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