San Pietro (Perugia)

San Pietro is a Catholic church and a monastery on the southern edge of the city of Perugia in the Italian region of Umbria.

The church is unusual in several ways. At this point, was built as early as the 10th century. The present church was rebuilt around 1600 (1593-1611) as part of a Benedictine monastery.

Inside ancient columns were taken from a pagan temple, the structure of the nave is still early Christian (or pre-Romanesque and possibly dates from the 6th century), the chancel, however, is gothic and rich textures originated in the Late Renaissance. It is decorated in Venetian style. So here we have a whole range of different styles shapes mixed together before us.

About the early Christian arcades is no window projectile, but a gallery of oil paintings, so no frescoes, as it would actually common. The 1593 painted clerestory images are from Antonio Vassilacchi, called Aliense, a pupil of Veronese, who was under the strong influence of Tintoretto. From this he had also taken the idea of the cycle of big screen images that Tintoretto had performed in Venice in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. Even here in Perugia are the subject of pictures depicting scenes from the life of Jesus. This combination of different art forms a very picturesque interior is created.

Also unusual is the input. Some parts are ahead of today facade of the former Romanesque facade been exposed and thus also the frescoes of the 14th and 15th century.