The Church of San Bernardino da Siena is a Catholic place of worship in the Italian municipality of Amantea, in the province of Cosenza in Calabria. It is situated 34 metres above sea level on the str
The facade and the bell tower
The San Bernardino complex before 1905: note the bell tower, rebuilt with the small dome on top after the 1783 earthquake, and the entrance porch, rebuilt in the same period with the central round arch, unrelated to the original Franciscan Gothic architecture.
The San Bernardino complex after the 1905 earthquake: in place of the bell tower dome, a terrace was built. Note that the facade has practically all collapsed except for the central pillar supporting the roof.
The San Bernardino complex in August 2007, or how the original 15th-century Franciscan Gothic architecture must have looked: interventions in 1953 demolished the round arch of the entrance porch, while the latest interventions in the 1990s have reshaped the bell tower in this way.
Bernardino of Siena
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Bernardino of Siena, OFM, was an Italian Catholic priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in the Republic of Siena. He was a systematizer of scholastic economics.
Church of San Bernardino da Siena (Amantea)
…Nobles, dated 1491, evidence that about sixty years after the settlement of the Observants in the convent and the consequent dedication of the church to St. Bernardine of Siena, the population continued to call the church by its ancient name of "monasterium Sancti Francisci de Amantea." From all this, it is inferred that the…
16th-century painting of Bernardino of Siena by an unknown artist, Château de Langeais
Saint Bernardino of Siena, 1603 painting by El Greco, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Saint Bernardino, Capella del Voto, Siena
Attributed to Sassetta: Bernardino of Siena, 15th century, National Museum of Serbia