basilica di san domenico

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  jmaxwellb

  Tremendous sculptures. Make sure they're lit up and take your time admiring them. There's a chart in the church labeling which artist was responsible for each section of the work.

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  bronwynt216

  This church was built in 1221 and is Italy's most important Dominican church. It was built to house the body of St Dominic who died here and whose magnificent tomb stands here. The tomb's statues were executed by Pisano and the angels and 2 saints are early works of Michelangelo. The sarcophagus is beautiful but we could not take a photo and the church was heavily monitored by church officials.

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  monicdavid

  Basilica of San Domenico is one of the major historical churches in Bologna. After visiting so many churches, it is difficult not to compare. Around Bologna I found them on the dark side, a lot of them over decoratedThe name San Domenico, because it contains the remains of the Spanish, Saint Dominico, the founder of the Order of Preachers. He was buried inside the shrine.

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  homesteads

  There is a carved shrine to St Dominic which took 500 years to complete .Michelangelo had a hand in it.Unfortunately only one piece of information in English.

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  BellaGinger

  Amazing what the inside of the basilica looks like - most look drab on the outside, but once you enter your jaw drops. Simply beautiful artisan workmanship

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  IWCBelford

  It isn't a church I had heard of before coming to Bologna, and I didn't know about the Bologna St Dominic connection. Compared to many other historic churches there was plenty of room away from the tourist hoards and no large tour parties. I didn't realise that photos weren't allowed, I took many with no comment from anyone there. A monk explained (in Italian only, but he did speak slowly enough for me to understand) the history of St Dominic while in his Chapel where his body still remains, within the tomb within the "Ark", including works by Nicola Pisano and Michelangelo. Several other great art works by famous, and less so, artists from the 13th century to the 18th. Well worth a visit

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  dawnDohaQatar

  After visiting a selection of churches around Italy it is hard to find something new , BUT , the Basilica di San Domenico is quite simply breathtaking. Words can not do it justice , you must GO .

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  Travellinchick

  Lovely peaceful place and so beautiful. Free entry and lovely to see the various different areas of the church.

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  Cybonz

  I never knew St. Dominic was laid rest here. A very important individual of the Catholic church. They made an alter for his remains. On the other side of the alter are two pews facing the rear of the alter. An encase sculpture made of gold has the remains of St. Dominic within it. I was in awe to see the remains of a saint. It is worth to see.

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  Bazerelli

  Came accross this church while walking around generally. It was lovely but that night I researched it a bit and discovered that there was a lot to it - St Dominick is buried here, there are original Michael Angelo sculptures, an outdoor crypt halfway up a house outside it etc etc The church itself doesn't seem to promote all it has to offer, in fact that is true of Bologna city generally.