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)