San Pietro in Montorio
San Pietro in Montorio is a church in Rome, Italy. It includes in its courtyard the Tempietto. Which is a small commemorative tomb built by Donato Bramante. It was built on the site of an earlier 9th century church which was dedicated to Saint Peter on Rome’s Janiculum hill. It is said to be tradition it was the site of Saint Peter’s crucifixion.
The Church is decorated with artworks from 16th to 17th century masters. The first chapel contains Sebastiano del Piombo’s Flagellation and Transfiguration. Michelangelo supplied figure drawings that were incorporated into the Flagellation. The second chapel has a fresco by Niccolo Circignani. A fresco is a murals painted into wet plaster.
There are also frescos in the fourth and fifth chapels. The fourth chapel has a ceiling fresco created by Giorgio Vasari. There is no grave to prove it but tradition has it that Beatrice Cenci is buried either in this chapel or below the high alter. She was executed in 1599 for the murder of her abusive father. The fifth chapel has another fresco, the conversion of St. Paul.
The Tempietto, means “small temple” in Italian. It is a small commemorative tomb built by Donato Bramante. It was built as early as 1502 in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio. The Tempietto is considered a masterpiece of High Renaissance Italian architecture. It is a very beautiful Tempietto.
The Timpietto is one of the most musical buildings of the Renaissance. It is meant to mark the exact spot of St. Peter’s death. Donato Bramante was born in 1444 and died in 1514. He was an Italian architect, who introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan.
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