Church of the Santissima Trinità

Commissioned by the confraternity of the SS. Trinità to Ascanio Vittozzi (1598-1606), who is there buried, it overlooks via Garibaldi.

Church of the Santissima Trinità

In 1831 the ancient façade was substituted by the actual neo-classical prospect (Angelo Marchini), tripartite by a system of semi-pillars and surmounted by a triangular tympanum, in which a bas-relief depicts the crowning of the Virgin.

The interior, with décor based on a drawing by Filippo Juvarra (1717), is a triangular plan in the centre, anticipated by a vast entrance vestibule and surmounted by a dome placed on a high tambour with six large windows.

The dome, which is not finished outside, has got frescoes by Francesco Gonin and Luigi Vacca (1844-1847).

The central space communicates with the vestibule through three doors; in the circular environment there are three altars and three chancels. The repetition of the number three in the church scheme immediately recalls the Holy Trinity, to which the consecrated to.

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Address: Via Garibaldi angolo via XX settembre
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