Video Guide for Piazza San Domenico - Bologna

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On the doorsteps of San Domenico is this piazza with 13th century tombs of Bolognese jurists - Rolandino dei Passeggeri, Egidio Foscherari. One was almost destroyed by a WWII bomb. Two copper statues of San Domenico and Madonna del Rosario were created by G.C. Conventi between 1627-30. They were offered up for the end of the plague in Bologna.

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Copper statues , tombs , mausoleum , G.C. Conventi , Rolandino dei Passeggeri , Egidio Foscherari ,

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Piazza San Domenico Travel Video - Audio Transcript

Piazza San Domenico

This piazza is on the doorstep of San Domenico Church were the much feared Inquisition was held.

The first copper statue here depicts St Dominic and was completed in 1627 by G.C. Conventi. In his left hand he is holding two flowers.

            In 1874 the Comune – with a touch of malice it was said – renamed this square after Galileo Galilei. The name stuck for another half a century but then it was decided to undo this earlier name change and therefore reinstate the old name of San Domenico.

In the middle of the piazza is this ancient looking tomb which belongs to a famous jurist called Rolandino dei Passeggeri. He had a renowned reputation for being an ‘intransigent guelph’ who became the main chief in Bologna around the 1300s. Up until his death he supposedly led a regime of tyranny and violence not unlike most modern dictatorships.

On both sides are sculptured figures and Latin inscriptions. Although it appears to have passed time unscathed the mausoleum had to be rebuilt after a bomb during WWII fell on it causing almost total destruction.

Towards the rear of the church sits the second copper sculpture atop a pedestal by Conventi. It’s dedicated to Madonna del Rosario and shows her holding the baby Jesus in her left arm while rosary beads hang from her right hand. It dates to 1630 and was erected by the people of Bologna. Both sculptures were offered in gratitude to that terrible period in Bologna when thousands died as a result of the plague.

The last monument here is joined to the end house on Via Ronaldino. It’s the burial place of another Bolognese jurist called Egidio Foscherari and dates to the end of the 13th century.

References

Marcello Fini, Bologna sacra. Tutte le chiesa in due millenni di storia, Bologna 2007, p60.

Tiziano Costa – Marco Poli, Conoscere Bologna, Bologna 2005, p199.

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