S. Chiara
Despite a series of baroque restorations (1629) that changed the Church of S. Chiara’s original appearance it remains an interesting document of religious Romanesque architecture in Trento.
Features of the Middle Ages and the seventeenth century can be found both inside and out, as with the belfry. The high Altar is made of polychrome marble, broken tympanum with angels and a shell shaped moulding. The crucifix dates back to the end of the 19th century which substituted the S. Michele Arcangelo altar piece, lost during the long period of the church’s abandonment following the relocation of the nearby hospital. The huge pictures on the canvas above the lateral altars depict the altar pieces of the Annunciation and S. Chiara (1548) by G.B. Moroni. The originals can be found at the Provincial Museum of Art, the Castello del Buonconsiglio and the Diocesan Tridentin museum. The church was originally dedicated to S. Michele Arcangelo; in 1229 it was given to the Clarisse who built a convent where they stayed, apart from a few brief interruptions until 1804.
Today the convent, following various restorations, is the headquarters of S. Chiara centre for cultural services and the University’s faculty of literature.
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