Address: Piazza della Repubblica
In the central Piazza della Repubblica is the church dedicated to San Feliciano, patron saint of the city. It was built in the first half of the 12th century on the site of the Saint’s burial by Maestro Atto, as documented by an inscription on the main façade. In 1201 it was extended with the construction of a secondary façade, and in the 16th and 17th centuries it underwent numerous restorations and additions. In 1904, the front façade was freely restored and features a mosaic depicting Christ Enthroned, St. Felicianus, Messalina (protectors of the city) and Pope Leo XIII (the one who commissioned the work). The left façade, facing Piazza della Repubblica, features a beautiful Romanesque portal decorated with bas-reliefs depicting Frederick Barbarossa, Innocent III, the Symbols of the Evangelists and the Signs of the Zodiac. The elegant dome is an additional 16th-century work by Giuliano di Baccio d’Agnolo. The single-nave interior denotes the features of the Neoclassical renovation carried out in the second half of the 19th century by Giuseppe Piermarini, and is highlighted by the baldachin of the high altar, a faithful reproduction of the Bernini altar in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The interior houses a 19th-century statue, the 1527 Chapel of the Sacrament is the work of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger with frescoes by Vespasiano Strada and Baldassare Croce, the crypt (under the building) has Romanesque origins and is therefore older than the church itself with pre-Romanesque capitals and other architectural elements.
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