CLOISTER OF SANTA MARIA NUOVA
At the end of the left side of the church of Santa Maria Nuova, through a nineteenth-century grating, a ladder reaches the entrance to the small cloister incorrectly called Lombard.
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CLOISTER OF SAINT MARY OF THE OAK
The first news of the cloister of Saint Mary of Oak was in 1479. The cloister is also known as the cistern. A document from 1481 reports how the cloister should be built, a compromise between the master masons Danese of Viterbo, Giacomo Rempiccia and Giacomo of Sermona and Bartolino of Como.
COURTYARD OF THE CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DEL PARADISO
To the right of the church of Santa Maria del Paradiso is the entrance to the courtyard. It was constructed in the 13th century with a steep slope towards the east side and was completed with the erection of the first floor in 1450.
COURTYARD OF THE CHURCH OF SANTISSIMA TRINITÀ
The refined courtyard, existing since the 13th century, when the first Augustinian church was erected, it was almost totally reconstructed in 1513 by cardinal Egidio Antonini on a project by a Viterbese scupltor, Pier Domenico Ricciarelli. For the construction he used 36 monolithic colomns prepared for a expansion of the church that was never made.
MEDIEVAL CLOISTER OF THE SANTA MARIA IN GRADI COMPLEX
Author: Luca Della Rocca Location: Via Santa Maria in Gradi, 4 Date: XIII secolo Go to the Descriprion The main cloister, begun in 1256 and completed during the papacy of Alexander IV – promoter of its construction – was the work of Nicola and Giovanni Pisano. MEDIEVAL CLOISTER OF THE SANTA MARIA IN GRADI COMPLEX…