Chiesa di San Francesco
Chiesa di San Francesco
4.5
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Monday
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Tuesday
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Wednesday
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Thursday
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Friday
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Saturday
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Sunday
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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aa27
Lausanne, Switzerland529 contributions
Oct 2018 • Couples
Better then the cathedral, with more paintings and a more spiritual atmosphere. Quite a few panels with interesting informations. At the entrance, the moving memorial of Petrarca's daughter; at the bottom left of the autel, the monumental tomb of Dante Alighieri's son.
Written 10 October 2018
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Mike N
New York City, NY1,478 contributions
July 2018 • Solo
This rustic church would make St. Francis proud. Great lines and austere appointments inside. Stepping through the ages.
Written 27 July 2018
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stefanprisacariu
Iasi, Romania982 contributions
Mar 2018 • Couples
A beautifull church in Treviso, maybe the greatest one. You should visit it when walking through the town center.
Written 27 March 2018
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Peter P
Sudbury, Canada115 contributions
Sept 2016 • Solo
I stumbled upon this church during a leisurely afternoon walk but it was closed. I returned in the evening and enjoyed visiting the pretty church but then I got lucky as a few minutes into my visit the church started filling up with local church goers. The Rosary was prayed followed by the evening Mass and ended with vespers including many Franciscan priests and sisters. Very special evening after all. A must visit for pilgrims.
Written 26 September 2016
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Tino
Chelmsford, UK5,401 contributions
July 2016 • Business
This place is better then the Duomo of Treviso very pretty architectural building a well worth visit if you are in this beautiful city .
Written 27 July 2016
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DENNIS S
Plymouth, UK74 contributions
July 2016 • Couples
This church is a little more interesting than the Duomo. The decorative highlights are some increasingly faded medieval frescoes. In the chapel just off the transept to the left of the main altar is a frescoe by Thomas Da Modena of an enthroned Madonna with attendant saints. Some of the colour has faded but it is still worth a visit.
Written 4 July 2016
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aleksandra s
Belgrade, Serbia612 contributions
Sept 2015 • Couples
It was perfect experince for us, the church itself is modest with pleasant energy. Tha one thing we enjoyed the most was small organ "concerto" we listened. Unfortunately at 12.30 they are closing all chutches so we had to leave.
Written 8 September 2015
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I_heart_Venice
Venice, Italy9,034 contributions
Jan 2015 • Couples
Gorgeous wooden ceiling, giant looming spacious interior. They also had a giant beautiful manger scene in the adjacent courtyard.
Written 2 February 2015
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Tommaso612
Rome, Italy536 contributions
July 2023 • Couples
The first nucleus of this church was built at the beginning of the 13th century, when a small group of Franciscan friars minor (sent by the founder of the Order himself) settled in Treviso and began to preach the Gospel. Given the immediate success of the initiative and the large number of faithful who reached the site, the initial small church was transformed in a few decades into a large and complex religious complex dedicated to the Saint of Assisi, with a large abbey church , a thriving convent, accommodation for pilgrims, food warehouses, etc. The friars were supported first by the municipality and then by the noble Treviso family of Da Camino, when this took over the lordship of the city. Over the centuries, all the noble families of the surrounding area contributed to the maintenance of the convent; in exchange for their donations they received permission to build the family tombs in the abbey church.
The convent's activities were abruptly interrupted at the beginning of the 19th century, when French revolutionary troops occupied the city and forced the religious to abandon the site. The various buildings were transformed into stables or barracks, if not completely demolished. Only in the 1920s were the Franciscans able to regain possession of the site, which they worthily restored and reopened for worship.
The abbey church is in sober Romanesque Gothic style. The gabled façade shows an elegant portal with concentric arches at the bottom, rather splayed towards the inside; the lunette is decorated with a fresco of medieval origin, unfortunately very damaged, depicting a Maternity surrounded by angels and saints. The portal is flanked by two tall and thin ogival windows. In the upper part of the facade there is a large circular window, together with other smaller ones. Even higher up, immediately under the roof, there is a series of small and graceful blind arches. Pointed windows, circular openings and arches also constitute the ornamental furnishings of the walls. On the left side of the church, near a side entrance, there is a suggestive modern statue depicting the Holy Poverello. The mighty bell tower with a square section, without a spire, stands near the apse; the bell cell is ventilated by three ogival windows on each side. The convent cloister was completely rebuilt in the twentieth century, taking inspiration in some way from the now lost original.
The interior of the church is in the shape of a Latin cross, with a large transept and a single nave; the ceiling is supported by large wooden trusses. The apse is divided into three chapels with vaulted ceilings. In the past the chapels on the right wall of the nave were unified, creating a sort of additional nave which is still present today. The austere appearance of the environment is enlivened by some valuable medieval frescoes, such as the one on the left wall which depicts San Cristoforo. Also noteworthy are the frescoes on the ceiling of the central apse chapel, one of which represents Saint Francis receiving the Stigmata. However, the most beautiful work of art in this church is a splendid "Madonna with Child and seven saints" attributed to Tommaso da Modena, who executed it in the mid-14th century probably in collaboration with some of his students. Two other valuable fifteenth-century works by Alvise Vivarini and Vittore Carpaccio were once kept here, but today they are in the Galleries of the Academy of Venice.
Two illustrious figures from the past are buried in this church: Francesca Petrarca (daughter of the famous medieval poet, who died at 41, perhaps giving birth to her eighth child) and Pietro Alighieri (first-born son of Dante and Gemma Donati). The tombs of the various aristocratic families of the past, which I mentioned previously, were largely destroyed at the time of the Napoleonic occupation and very little remains of them.
The convent's activities were abruptly interrupted at the beginning of the 19th century, when French revolutionary troops occupied the city and forced the religious to abandon the site. The various buildings were transformed into stables or barracks, if not completely demolished. Only in the 1920s were the Franciscans able to regain possession of the site, which they worthily restored and reopened for worship.
The abbey church is in sober Romanesque Gothic style. The gabled façade shows an elegant portal with concentric arches at the bottom, rather splayed towards the inside; the lunette is decorated with a fresco of medieval origin, unfortunately very damaged, depicting a Maternity surrounded by angels and saints. The portal is flanked by two tall and thin ogival windows. In the upper part of the facade there is a large circular window, together with other smaller ones. Even higher up, immediately under the roof, there is a series of small and graceful blind arches. Pointed windows, circular openings and arches also constitute the ornamental furnishings of the walls. On the left side of the church, near a side entrance, there is a suggestive modern statue depicting the Holy Poverello. The mighty bell tower with a square section, without a spire, stands near the apse; the bell cell is ventilated by three ogival windows on each side. The convent cloister was completely rebuilt in the twentieth century, taking inspiration in some way from the now lost original.
The interior of the church is in the shape of a Latin cross, with a large transept and a single nave; the ceiling is supported by large wooden trusses. The apse is divided into three chapels with vaulted ceilings. In the past the chapels on the right wall of the nave were unified, creating a sort of additional nave which is still present today. The austere appearance of the environment is enlivened by some valuable medieval frescoes, such as the one on the left wall which depicts San Cristoforo. Also noteworthy are the frescoes on the ceiling of the central apse chapel, one of which represents Saint Francis receiving the Stigmata. However, the most beautiful work of art in this church is a splendid "Madonna with Child and seven saints" attributed to Tommaso da Modena, who executed it in the mid-14th century probably in collaboration with some of his students. Two other valuable fifteenth-century works by Alvise Vivarini and Vittore Carpaccio were once kept here, but today they are in the Galleries of the Academy of Venice.
Two illustrious figures from the past are buried in this church: Francesca Petrarca (daughter of the famous medieval poet, who died at 41, perhaps giving birth to her eighth child) and Pietro Alighieri (first-born son of Dante and Gemma Donati). The tombs of the various aristocratic families of the past, which I mentioned previously, were largely destroyed at the time of the Napoleonic occupation and very little remains of them.
Written 5 October 2023
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Ana Belen d d
Mostoles, Spain769 contributions
Jan 2024 • Family
We went to mass on New Year's Day. The building is very beautiful and spacious, and the liturgy and music were very careful. The next day we returned to see his beautiful Nativity scene, original and one of the most beautiful we saw during our stay in Veneto. You can tell they are Franciscans!
Written 27 January 2024
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