Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi (work on the church)

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The Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi is a monumental Renaissance-Baroque church in Umbria, Italy, built to enclose the small Porziuncola chapel associated with St. Francis of Assisi and a major site of Franciscan pilgrimage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance-Baroque church ⓘ
Roman Catholic church building ⓘ
basilica ⓘ
architect Alessi’s followers ⓘ
Galeazzo Alessi ⓘ
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (attribution/influence) ⓘ
linked to: Vignola
architecturalFeature Latin cross plan ⓘ
deep choir ⓘ
large dome ⓘ
three-aisled nave ⓘ
transept ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque architecture ⓘ
linked to: Baroque

Renaissance architecture ⓘ
associatedReligiousOrder Franciscans ⓘ
linked to: Franciscan Order
associatedWith Francis of Assisi ⓘ
Porziuncola ⓘ
belongsTo Order of Friars Minor ⓘ
completionDate 1679 ⓘ
constructionStart 1569 ⓘ
contains Chapel of the Transito (site of St Francis’s death) ⓘ
Franciscan museum ⓘ
Porziuncola Indulgence chapel ⓘ
Rose garden of St Francis ⓘ
Thornless roses associated with St Francis ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
damagedBy 1832 earthquake ⓘ
dedicatedTo Mary, mother of Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Mary

Our Lady of the Angels ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic ⓘ
diocese Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino ⓘ
encloses Porziuncola chapel ⓘ
function pilgrimage church ⓘ
groundbreakingDate 1569 ⓘ
hasFacade Baroque façade rebuilt after 1832 earthquake ⓘ
height about 75 m (dome) ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites" ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
length about 126 m ⓘ
liturgicalFeastDate 2 August ⓘ
locatedIn Assisi ⓘ
Province of Perugia ⓘ
Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi ⓘ
Umbria ⓘ
majorPilgrimageEvent Feast of the Pardon of Assisi (Porziuncola Indulgence) ⓘ
near Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ
reconstruction 19th-century façade reconstruction ⓘ
rite Latin Rite ⓘ
status minor basilica ⓘ
papal basilica ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2000 ⓘ
width about 65 m ⓘ

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Luigi Poletti → notableWork → Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi (work on the church) ⓘ
Giunta Pisano → notableWork → Crucifix in Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi ⓘ
linked to: Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi (work on the church)