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Modena, St. Peter’s Monastery

The Benedictine monastery dedicated to St. Peter was founded in 996 by Giovanni bishop of Modena. After some periods of misfortunes, in 1434 Pope Eugenio IV decided to consign the entire monastery to the Congregation of St. Justine. Like elsewhere, monks of the Congregation started a great activity of reconstruction of the monastery buildings. The reconstruction work continued for all the 16^th century. In 1476, the construction of the church started according to the project of Pietro Barabani of Carpi and his sons but the building work was finished only in 1568. After the Napoleonic suppressions, the monastery complex was destined to other uses: in particular, the buildings exposed to south and looking at the old city walls were converted into barracks, maintaining such function until the end of the 20^th century, when they were progressively abandoned and left to decay. What remained of the complex saw the return of the monks after the Reconstruction period already. While the church underwent important restoration and transformation works from 1876 to the beginning of the 20^th century, the monastery buildings have been recycled only in the last few years. The monastery façade overlooking St. Peter road still presents the ancient gate projected by Prospero Pacchioni in the 17^th century as well as the painted clock. The clock was activated in 1720 as a partial compensation to the damages brought by the occupation of the troops of Luigi XIV. In particular, the eastern courtyard of the monastery still preserves its elegant colonnade providing the typical 16th century architectural taste.

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"SU QUESTA PIETRA..."

ARTE NEI MONASTERI, ARTE PER I MONASTERI

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