Basilica of Saint Anthony, Polish Chapel
Restoration by Elżbieta Barbara Lenart, commissioned by the Krakow National Museum
and funded by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
December 2017 Some years ago, the gate of Alberto Calligaris, an Art Nouveau triumph, had been returned to its precious chromaticism, and now the restoration of one…
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Originally in a niche above the central door of the Basilica, soon to be placed in the Antonian Museum
Restoration supported by Farmafactoring Foundation, Milan
Restoration by Giorgio Socrate, AR Arte and Restauro S.r.l.
December 2018 The statue of the saint, of the end of the fourteenth century, was once placed in the external niche…
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Basilica of Saint Anthony, entrance portal to the vestibule of the Sacristy
Restoration supported by a donation
Restoration by Monica Vial
October 2018 The portal of the sacristy of the Basilica was opened in the mid-1700s and is rich in precious marbles and Istrian stone, surmounted by a wonderful statue in Carrara marble representing Saint…
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Basilica of Saint Anthony, pillars of the counter-façade
Restoration supported by the Veneranda Arca di S. Antonio thanks to the Music Festival
with the MoMus – More Music Association, Padua
Restoration by Giordano Passarella
October 2018 The frescoes are found inside the Basilica in niches carved in the pillars of the counter-façade and represent Saint…
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Basilica of Saint Anthony, Magnolia cloister
Restoration supported by a donation
Restoration by Monica Vial
July 2018 The monument, in white stone, is located in the Magnolia cloister and consists of an arch with bas-reliefs and a statue of Saint Anthony placed in a decorated niche.
The work is the result of a composition of…
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Basilica of Saint Anthony, pillar to the left of the counter-façade
Restoration supported by Tecno Minuterie di Crivellari and Ceron s.n.c.
Restoration by Valentina Piovan, with Fiorenza Redi and Francesca Faleschini
May 2018 The fresco, which is located in the presbytery, on the left front corner pillar, represents St. Anthony in full figure on a…
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Basilica of Saint Anthony, left aisle, altar of Saint Stanislaus
Restoration by Elżbieta Barbara Lenart on behalf of the Krakow National Museum
and funded by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
December 2017 The state of conservation of the two monuments – which are respectively on the right and left of the altar…
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Restoration sponsored by the Camposampiero Lyons Club
Restoration by Valentina Piovan
November-December 2017 The fresco represents an episode, recalled only in the apocryphal Gospels, reporting the moment when Christ took leave from his mother before his Passion. This subject, often accompanied by the episode of Mary’s fainting, is well documented in the sixteenth-century painting (a…
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Basilica of Saint Anthony, right pillar of the counter-façade
Restoration supported by Iolanda Ollari Zen
Restoration by Giordano Passarella
December 2018 The secluded place where this prayer was depicted attests it had been a place for meditation and personal prayer since ancient times, an aspect rediscovered even by today’s devotees, especially after the restoration.
At…
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Restoration sponsored by Interchem Italia, Vigonza (PD)
Restoration by Giordano Passarella
September-October 2017 The fresco, relevant for quality and interest, is located on the right-hand pillar of the counter-façade, almost welcoming visitors. It, together with the above wall, reporting the indulgence of 23,000 years and 23 days and the prayers, painted, at an angle, on…
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On the second pillar on the left of the basilica, the marble bust by Giovanni Bonazza perpetuates the memory of the first woman in the world to graduate. Her name was Elena Cornaro Piscopia and she was born in 1678. Natural daughter of the nobleman Giovanni Battista Cornaro and of the commoner Zanetta Boni, Elena…
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