Luogo - Religious building

Complesso Monumentale di Sant'Agata

Where Via San Agata, Spoleto (Perugia)

It consists of the former Monastery of St. Agata, homonymous former church adjacent and the Roman Theatre. In the former Monastery is the National Archaeological Museum of Spoleto, opened in 1985. The Monastery was established in 1396 by the Benedictine nuns. In 1500 it was expanded, bringing down part of the old structures and building a monumental cloister with two orders, made up of nine arches on octagonal pillars of brick, with bases and capitals carved stone. The cloister occupied part of the Theater, now buried. The large dining hall is adorned on the back wall by a preliminary sketch depicting the Last Supper, the Agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, by anonymous (1558). Church and Monastery became state property and, from 1870 to 1954, were adapted to the women's prison. The St. Agatha's Church, of Roman origin, was built on a part of the scene of the Roman Theatre. It remained visible only the portico that preceded the front: three arches divided by stone columns decorated with capitals, referring to the eleventh century. Previously, the Church housed fragments of an important cycle of frescoes and preparatory drawings thirteenth century, now housed at the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto. The Church has a nave, apse ends with a still intact. It is currently used as an exhibition space and a venue for performances and concerts.

Portico antica Chiesa di Sant'Agata c
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