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21-515: In 1388, the Consiglio Generale dei Seicento prepared the construction of the church as a civic temple. To make room for the church, the adjacent Curia of Sancti Ambrosii was demolished, together with the majority of one of the city's burgs, including at least eight churches and towers. The first stone of construction was laid on 7 June 1390 under the supervision of architect Antonio di Vincenzo . Works lasted for several centuries: after

42-473: A large dome resting upon the width between the side aisles, which necessitated larger transepts and apses. The project was considered too complicated, and after building the first two pillars and two triangular pylons for the dome, the work was halted. According to legend, Pope Pius IV halted the "megalomaniac dream" and instead encouraged the construction of the Archiginnasio of Bologna . The basilica

63-538: Is a large church measuring 132 metres long, 66 metres wide, and 47 metres tall, and is described as the "most imposing" church in Bologna. The facade was designed by Domenico da Varignana and started in 1538 by Giacomo Ranuzzi. However, it remains unfinished. The main doorway ( Porta Magna ) was decorated by Jacopo della Quercia of Siena with scenes from the Old Testament on the pillars , eighteen prophets on

84-532: Is a medieval palace located on Via de' Pignattari #11, starting at the Piazza Maggiore and running alongside the basilica church of San Petronio . It presently functions as the Hotel Commercianti , and a hotel at the site has existed for over a century. The first references to the building at the site date from 1116, when they were chosen as the first offices of the city. The citizens chose

105-1277: Is an Italian harpsichordist , organist , musicologist and conductor; in the past he was also active as a countertenor. In 1996 he was appointed maestro de capella of the Cappella Musicale di San Petronio di Bologna founded in 1436. He has an extensive discography, both as a harpsichordist - the complete works of Girolamo Frescobaldi , and as a conductor - particularly works by Giovanni Paolo Colonna and Giacomo Antonio Perti associated with San Petronio, but also operas by Claudio Monteverdi and others. References [ edit ] ^ Concert Sergio Vartolo and Ruggero Vartolo "Sergio Vartolo ha studiato organo e cembalo presso il Conservatorio di Bologna laureandosi contemporaneamente in Lettere presso l'Università della stessa città. Svolge un’intensa attività concertistica in Italia e vari paesi Europei sia come clavicembalista che come organista e direttore di gruppi musicali vocali e strumentali nel campo della musica rinascimentale e barocca. Ha inciso vari dischi, ed insegna clavicembalo presso il Conservatorio di Venezia. Ruggero Vartolo, è nato

126-587: The archivolt , scenes from the New Testament on the architrave , and a Madonna and Child , Saint Ambrose and Saint Petronius on the tympanum . It is flanked by two side doors, with Alfonso Lombardi's Resurrection on the left and Amico Aspertini's Deposition on the right. The central nave covering and apse shooting were completed in 1663, designed by Girolamo Rainaldi and directed by Francesco Martini. The lower naves are enclosed by rectilinear walls. The first two windows were designed by Antonio with

147-521: The Basilica were thwarted by Italian police . The terrorists planned to destroy the church because one of the chapels features a 15th-century fresco , painted by Giovanni da Modena and based on Dante Alighieri 's Divine Comedy , depicting Muhammad in the eighth circle of Hell , in a section reserved for religious schismatics, being tortured and devoured by demons. Hotel Commercianti The Palazzo della Compagnia dell'Arte dei Brentatori

168-636: The ancient Roman structure of the Curia of Sancti Ambrosii , together with this palace. The town assemblies often took place at the corner of Vicolo Colombina. In the mid 12th century, the city offices moved at first near the Archiginnasio and, later in the 13th century, they occupied the Palazzo Civico, built for this purpose in Piazza Maggiore. No longer seat of the Comune, the building

189-623: The assistance of Francesco di Simone, Domenico da Milano, Pagno di Lapo Portigiani and Antonio di Simone. The bell tower was designed by Giovanni da Brensa and built between 1481 and 1487. The interior houses a Madonna with Saints by Lorenzo Costa the Younger, and a Pietà by Amico Aspertini . The altar contains a 15th-century wooden crucifix. At the back, a fresco of the Madonna with St. Petronio by Marcantonio Franceschini and Luigi Quaini , cartoons by Cignani (1672). The ciborium of

210-427: The completion of the first version of the facade, in 1393 the first pair of side chapels were begun. The series were completed only in 1479. The third bay was built in 1441–1446. Its construction was delayed by the cardinal Baldassarre Cossa , who sold the construction material of the basilica and kept the money. In 1514, Arduino degli Arriguzzi was chosen as the architect to construct the dome. His proposal included

231-425: The first regularly paid instrumentalists were added in the late sixteenth century, and in the seventeenth century San Petronio was renowned for its sacred instrumental and choral music, with its two great organs, completed in 1476 by Lorenzo da Prato and 1596 by Baldassarre Malamini, both still in remarkably original condition; the library remains a rich archival repository. Three successive maestri di cappella marked

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252-411: The great age of music at San Petronio: Maurizio Cazzati (1657–71), Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1674–95) and Giacomo Antonio Perti (1696–1756). The current maestro, since 1996, is the harpsichordist Sergio Vartolo who has revitalised the cappella with a series of recordings for Naxos, Tactus, Brilliant Classics and Bongiovanni. Tenor Giuseppe Marsigli ( fl.  1677  – c.  1727 )

273-645: The inns in Bologna”) by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli . The twelfth box depicts the banner of the Garden of via De' Pignattari, then called “della Pellegrina”. This name was recently found in a lease drawn up in 1760 by the lay abbot of the Magione di Santa Maria del Tempio. From about 1250, this building was the home of the Compagnia dell'Arte dei Brentatori , the medieval craft-guild of wine barrel merchants. The company

294-495: The main altar was built in 1547 by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola . The fifteenth-century wooden choir was completed by Agostino de 'Marchi . The vaulting and decoration of the central nave is by Girolamo Rainaldi , who completed them in 1646–1658. The nave contains twenty-two side chapels: Bologna was a principal centre of Baroque music in Italy. The musical organisation had been officially instituted by Pope Eugenius IV in 1436;

315-411: The meridian line and every day is different as to position and size. The position of the projected image along the line allows to determine accurately the daily altitude of the sun at noon, from which Cassini was able to calculate with unprecedented precision astronomical parameters such as the obliquity of the ecliptic , the duration of the tropical year and the timing of equinoxes and solstices . On

336-513: The other hand, the size of the projected sun's image, and in particular its rate of variation during the year, allowed Cassini the first experimental verification of Kepler's laws of planetary motion . Cassini and Domenico Guglielmini published an illustrated account of how the meridian line was accomplished in 1695. In 2002 five men were arrested on suspicions of planning to blow up the basilica. The men were allegedly connected to Al Qaeda . Again in 2006, plans by Islamist terrorists to destroy

357-404: The time: instead, with its length of 66.8 metres (219 ft) it is one of the largest astronomical instruments in the world, allowing measurements that were for the time uniquely precise. The sun light, entering through a 27.07 mm (1.066 in) hole placed at a 27.07 m (88.8 ft) height in the church wall, projects an elliptical image of the sun, which at local noon falls exactly on

378-592: Was a singer in San Petronio's choir for 50 years in addition to having a career as an opera singer and as a court musician to the Duke of Mantua . The church hosts also a marking in the form of a meridian line inlaid in the paving of the left aisle in 1655; it was calculated and designed by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini , who was teaching astronomy at the University . A meridian line does not indicate

399-567: Was acquired by two of Bologna's most celebrated Glossatori or legal scholars of Bologna: Alberico di Porta Ravegnana , who made it the seat of his Society of the Arts, and Odofredo , who used the place for housing and teaching. The end of the 14th century, construction of the Basilica di San Petronio , began. To make room, the Curia of Sancti Ambrosii was demolished. Destruction of this structure

420-520: Was also employed as fire-fighters. They were recruited because of the “brenta”, the barrels that could be filled with water to extinguish fires. Sergio Vartolo [REDACTED] Sergio Vartolo in his studio with Spinettone (17th c.), French harpsichord (clavecin, 17th c.), Regal organ Italian harpsichord (clavicembalo, copy). (June 2003) Sergio Vartolo (born in Bologna in 1944)

441-416: Was blocked when the size of the San Petronio church was scaled down. Traces of the medieval structure remain, including a well. The interiors contain frescoes made with the “pounce” technique , depicting the heraldic achievements of ancient families from Bologna. Inns were found in this section, as touted in a 1712 etching titled “Giuoco nuovo di tutte l'osterie che sono in Bologna" (“Novel game of all

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