Cellere. Church of Sant'Egidio

The church of Sant'Egidio was built in 1520 by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese on the design by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.

It is a small jewel of Renaissance architecture and is at the centre of a small valley of Cellere.

The exterior is characterized by three identical facades.

The plan is a Greek cross and has a recessed central dome.

It has a beautiful hexagonal floor and many frescoes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The drawings of the original design can be found in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
 


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