Basilica of Saint Dominic

Basilica of San Domenico
	Native name	Basilica di San Domenico
	Location	Piazza San Domenico, Bologna, Italy
	Coordinates	44° 29′ 22″ N, 11° 20′ 40″ E
	Established	1228
	Website	http://www.domenicani.bo.it/
	Authority file	: Q862602 VIAF: 293479551 GND: 4358336-2 J9U: 987007585463705171

institution QS:P195,Q862602

Exterior

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  column with the statue of St. Domini's Blessing (1632)

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  statue of St. Dominic's Blessing

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  lunette with a (copy of a) painting by Lucia Casalini-Torelli (1677-1762)

Arks of the jurists

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  Tomb of Rolandino de' Passeggeri.

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  Tomb of Rolandino Passeggeri (close-up)

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  Tomb of Rolandino de' Passeggeri

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  Tomb of Egidio Foscherari (1289).

Interiors

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  nave
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  looking at the entrance
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  looking towards the altar
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  apsis with choir
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  tomb of Alessandro Tartagni (1477)
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  Crucifix (1250) by Giunta Pisano; left transept
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  St Thomas Aquinas and St. Benedict; fresco (14th c.) in the left transept
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  Tombstone for King Enzio (left transept)
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  Madonna with Child (unknown artist)
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  papier-mâché bust of Ven. Serafino Capponi, a theologian (died 1615)
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  Monument to Taddeo Pepoli (died 1337); Chapel of St Michael the Archangel
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Rosary (or Guidotti) Chapel

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  Rosary chapel
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  Rosary chapel
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  Altar by Floriano Ambrosini (1589)
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  Assumption, cupola of the Rosary chapel
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  Organ (once played by Mozart), Rosary chapel
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  Organ
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  Tombstone of Guido Reni and Elisabetta Sirani
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  Tombstone of Giovanni Guidotti, founder of the chapel

Ark of Saint Dominic (in St. Dominic's chapel)

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  St Dominic's Glory by Guido Reni (1613-1615) in St. Dominic's Chapel
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  True face of Saint Dominic.
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  True face of Saint Dominic
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  Ark of Saint Dominic in the Chapel of the Saint
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  Front side
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  Ark of St. Dominic - lower front part
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  Ark of St. Dominic - upper front part
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  Angel holding a candlestick by the young Michelangelo
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  Front scene by Nicola Pisano and assistants.
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  "St Dominic resurrects Napoleone Orsini after a fall from his horse and delivers him to his mother" by Nicola Pisano and assistants
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  Saint Dominic (detail of previous photo)
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  St Francis (by Niccolò dell' Arca)
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  San Petronio (by Michelangelo)
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  St Dominic (by Niccolò dell' Arca)
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  San Floriano (by Niccolò dell' Arca)
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  Right side : miracle of the bread; Back side : (left) Healing of Reginald, (right) vision of pope Innocent III
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  Backside + left side : St Dominic touched by God's Hand in the basilica of St Peter in Rome
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  San Procolo (by Michelangelo)
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  La Pietà (by Niccolò dell' Arca); (upper part of the) Ark of Saint Dominic
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  Vision of Brother Guala of St Dominic being taken to heaven on a white stairway by Christ and Mary (by Alfonso Lombardi)
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  Adoration of Christ by the Magi (by Alfonso Lombardi)
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  Baptism of St Dominic; Dominic sleeping on the floor; Dominic sells his parchments to feed the people (by Alfonso Lombardi); candlestick-holding angel (by Niccolò dell' Arca.)
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  Golden reliquary with the head of Saint Dominic by Jacopo Roseto (1383) (back side of the Ark of Saint Dominic)
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  Reliquary (detail)
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  Reliquary (detail)
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  Photo of the remains of Saint Dominic

St. Catherine's Chapel

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  The mystic wedding of St. Catherine, Virgin and Martyr (1501) (by Filippino Lippi)
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  "St Catherine's mystic communion" by Francesco Brizzi (1546-1625)

Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas (right transept)

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  "St. Thomas writing the Holy Sacrament" (1662) by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (also called Guercino)

Paintings formerly in Basilica of Saint Dominic

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  Girolamo da Treviso, Madonna with Angels, Saints and a Donor
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  Guido Reni, The Massacre of the Innocents

  label QS:Les,"Matanza de los Inocentes"

  label QS:Lhu,"Aprószentek"

  label QS:Lca,"Massacre dels Innocents"

  label QS:Lde,"Betlehemitischer Kindermord"

  label QS:Lbe,"Забойства немаўлят"

  label QS:Lfa,"کشتار بی‌گناهان"

  label QS:Lzh,"諸聖嬰孩慶日"

  label QS:Lda,"Barnemordet i Betlehem"

  label QS:Lksh,"Daach von de Unscholdije Pänz"

  label QS:Lja,"幼児虐殺"

  label QS:Lhe,"טבח החפים מפשע"

  label QS:Lla,"Dies Sanctorum Innocentium"

  label QS:Lfi,"Betlehemin lastenmurha"

  label QS:Leo,"Masakro de la Senpekuloj"

  label QS:Lcs,"Vraždění betlémských neviňátek/Mláďátka"

  label QS:Lta,"மாசில்லா குழந்தைகள் படுகொலை"

  label QS:Lan,"Día d'os santos inocents"

  label QS:Lfr,"Le Massacre des Innocents"

  label QS:Lpt,"Massacre dos Inocentes"

  label QS:Lmt,"Qerda tal-innoċenti"

  label QS:Lvi,"Các thánh Anh Hài"

  label QS:Lsr,"Покољ младенаца витлејемских"

  label QS:Lsl,"Pokol nedolžnih otrok"

  label QS:Luk,"Побиття немовлят"

  label QS:Lpt-br,"Massacre dos Inocentes"

  label QS:Lsv,"Värnlösa barns dag"

  label QS:Lth,"การประหารทารกผู้วิมล"

  label QS:Lpl,"Rzeź niewiniątek"

  label QS:Lml,"കുഞ്ഞിപ്പൈതങ്ങൾ"

  label QS:Lnl,"De kindermoord te Bethlehem"

  label QS:Lru,"Избиение младенцев"

  label QS:Lit,"La Strage degli innocenti"

  label QS:Loc,"Chaple dels Innocents"

  label QS:Lmk,"Колежот на витлеемските младенчиња"

  label QS:Len,"The Massacre of the Innocents"

  label QS:Lar,"مذبحة الأبرياء"

  label QS:Lel,"Η σφαγή των νηπίων"

  label QS:Lbr,"Inosanted santel"

Choir

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  left side
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  right side
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  lectern
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  Left wing of the choir; intarsia inlaid by fra Damiano Zambelli (1541-1549), carved by his brother fra Stefano da Bergamo and finished by fra Bernardino da Bologna (1551)
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  "Adoration of the Magi" by Bartolomeo Cesi (1556-1629); Golden altar piece in the choir
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  Left wing (detail) of the choir

Museum

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  Pietà (1495) by Baccio da Montelupo
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  Reliquary of Saint Louis IX, king of France (end 13th c.)
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  Collection of reliquaries, chalices and monstrances
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  Polychromed terracotta of Saint Dominic by Nicolò dell' Arca (1493)
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  Fresco of Madonna with Child and Saint Dominic
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  The Paschal Lamb (sometimes attributed to Giorgio Vasari)
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  Madonna with Child, Saint Dominic and Vincenzo Ferreri (ca. 1773) by Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728-1781)
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  Story of San Girolamo, intarsia by fra Damiano da Bergamo (1530-1535)
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  Geometric figure (first half of 1500's), intarsia by fra Damiano Zambelli da Bergamo (1480-1549)
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  Geometric figure (1537), intarsia by fra Damiano da Bergamo

St. Dominic's cell

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  Cell where Saint Dominic died
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  Remains of the table where Saint Dominic once ate

Chapterhouse

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  Oldest image of Saint Dominic (unknown author, 14th century)

Convent

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  Map of the convent and the basilica
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  Monastery garden and ambulatory
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  Ambulatory with stone slabs
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  exterior of St. Dominic's chapel, as seen form the monastery garden; column with St Dominic, erected for the visit of pope Julius II (1507)
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  Madonna with Child and Saint Dominic
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  tombstone
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  library
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  Library with painting "Ecstasy of St. Thomas Aquinas" by Franceschini
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  old library

Paintings formerly in Basilica of Saint Dominic

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  Guido Reni, Massacre of the Innocents, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna