San Francesco
The church of San Francesco is a church located in Mirandola, in the province of Modena, Italy. Almost completely destroyed by the 2012 Emilia earthquake, it was one of the first Franciscan churches built in Emilia by the Order of Friars Minor, constructed shortly after the canonisation of St.Photo: KrovatarGERO, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Mirandola, Italy
- Also known as: “San Francesco Church” and “San Francesco, Mirandola”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castle of the Pico and Teatro Nuovo.
Castle of the Pico
Castle
The Castle of the Pico is a castle in the city center of Mirandola, in the province of Modena, Italy. Famous in Europe as a legendary impregnable fortress, it belonged to the House of Pico della Mirandola, who ruled over the city for four centuries and who enriched it in the Renaissance period with important pieces of art. Castle of the Pico is situated 280 metres northwest of San Francesco.
Teatro Nuovo
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Teatro Nuovo is a theater located in Mirandola in the Italian province of Modena. Inaugurated in 1905, it replaced the old Teatro Greco, named after Count Ottavio Greco and built in 1791 inside the Castle of the Pico, which had ceased performances in 1894. Teatro Nuovo is situated 230 metres west of San Francesco.
Santa Maria Maggiore, Mirandola
Church
Photo: Boardvital111, Public domain.
The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore is a Gothic Roman Catholic church in the center of the town of Mirandola, province of Modena, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy. Santa Maria Maggiore, Mirandola is situated 220 metres southwest of San Francesco.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mirandola and San Giacomo Roncole.
Mirandola
Town
Mirandola is a city and comune of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, 31 kilometres northeast of the provincial capital by railway.
San Giacomo Roncole
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
San Giacomo Roncole is a village, which is situated 2½ km south of San Francesco.
Quarantoli
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Quaràntoli is a frazione of Mirandola, in the province of Modena. It is about 5 km from Mirandola and 35 km from the provincial capital. Quarantoli is situated 4½ km northeast of San Francesco.
San Francesco
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Mirandola, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.88772° or 44° 53′ 16″ northLongitude
11.06811° or 11° 4′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8FPHV3Q9+36OpenStreetMap ID
way 229487496OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q27653806
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Russian—“San Francesco” goes by many names.
- Czech: “kostel svatého Františka”
- French: “chiesa di San Francesco”
- French: “Chiesa di San Francesco”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Francesco”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Francesco”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Франциска (Мирандола)”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Франциска”
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