San Filippo Neri, Baroque parish church in central Perugia, Italy.
San Filippo Neri is a baroque parish church in central Perugia featuring a single nave lined with side chapels. The interior is decorated with frescoes from the 17th and 18th centuries, including a painting of the Immaculate Conception by Pietro da Cortona above the main altar.
The church was built from 1627 on the site of nine houses, some shops, cellars and the early Christian baptistery of San Giovanni Rotondo. The first stone, laid in May 1627, was a travertine box holding twelve bronze medals and one silver medal. The Roman architect Paolo Maruscelli designed it; the travertine facade was built between 1647 and 1663, and Marcantonio Degli Oddi sponsored its completion.
The church is also called Chiesa Nuova, after the Roman Filippine prototype Santa Maria in Vallicella. Its altarpieces recall the two demolished churches on the site: Pietro Montanini's 1674 canvases of Saint Gregory the Great and Saint John the Baptist flank the main altar.
The church faces Piazza Baldassarre Ferri and is reached by a large two-ramp staircase with a balustrade, so entry involves steps. A second, smaller entrance opens onto Via dei Priori, whose brick side facade shows traces of blocked arches. The building stands at the junction of Via dei Priori, Via della Cupa and Via della Stella in the Porta Santa Susanna district.
The first stone, laid in May 1627, was a travertine box holding twelve bronze medals and one silver medal honouring Christ and the apostles, stamped on one side with the Immaculate Conception and on the other with Philip Neri holding a model of the facade.
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