Sant'Agostino, Gubbio, Gothic-Romanesque church in Gubbio, Italy
Sant'Agostino is a church with a single nave covered by wooden beams reinforced by large supporting arches reworked in the 16th century. Its 18th-century facade contrasts with the 13th-century right flank, where pilasters carry the arches. Seven side altars line each wall, and traces of the original wall frescoes emerge in places.
Construction began in 1251 and was completed in 1294, as the Italian sources record; the church stands just outside Porta Romana beside a large convent that still exists. The right flank, with the piers carrying its arcades, dates from the 13th century, while the facade was rebuilt in the 18th century.
The frescoes in the apse show scenes from Saint Augustine's life and date to the early 1400s. They represent some of the finest late-Gothic paintings in Gubbio and shape the interior experience of those who enter.
The church stands just outside Porta Romana, next to the large convent that still adjoins it. A portal on the left side of the facade leads into the cloister, from which the convent rooms and the permanent Nativity scene are reached. The interior is a single nave, so the seven altars on each side are seen in sequence along the walls.
A permanent Nativity scene made in 1977 sits in a cave-like room beside the main structure. Local parishioners created this work, adding a modern artistic layer to the centuries-old building.
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