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Modena
Modena (prov.)
Emilia-Romagna

Piazza Grande
(Porta regia - Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo e San Geminiano)

San Geminiano

Saint Geminianus

Cognento c. 312 - Modena 397
Deacon, and later Bishop of Modena
(Wikipedia)

Agostino di Duccio & Geminiano Paruoli
1376-1442

Description

In the loggia above the Porta Regia of the Cathedral is a bronze statue of San Geminiano (copy).

To the right of the Porta Regio, on the transept, is a relief of the Life of San Geminiano, the earliest known work of a Renaissance Florentine sculptor, Agostino di Duccio (1442)

Modena - San Geminiano

Sculptors

Agostino di Duccio (Firenze/Florence 1418 - Perugia c. 1481), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).
Geminiano Paruoli, 14th century Italian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Italia nell'Arte Medievale, Il duomo di Modena.
Emilia Romagna, A spasso per Modena alla ricerca di S. Geminiano.

Locatie (N 44°38'46" - E 10°55'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter146; Photograph: 14 May 2017
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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