Saints Peter and Paul Church, Neoclassical church in Villafranca di Verona, Italy.
Saints Peter and Paul Church in Villafranca di Verona is a neoclassical building with symmetrical facades and grand columns that follow classical design principles. The interior displays carefully crafted details shaped by its role as a working place of worship.
A place of worship stood here since the late 12th century, but the present neoclassical structure rose between 1769 and 1882. The design drew inspiration from Venetian models and became a defining feature of the townscape.
The church is the mother church of the Villafranca-Valeggio vicariate and keeps the name of the two apostles Peter and Paul. Inside are two 16th-century altarpieces by Domenico and Felice Brusasorzi and a carved wooden choir made in 1736. The old pieve was used as a town theatre until it was demolished in 1966.
The church stands in the centre of Villafranca di Verona, in the province and diocese of Verona, and serves as the mother church of the Villafranca-Valeggio vicariate. It is an active parish church, so visits should be arranged around liturgical celebrations rather than treated as a museum stop.
The old pieve was handed to the municipality and used as a theatre until 1966, when it was demolished; the present church, begun in 1769 and consecrated on 7 October 1882 by Bishop Luigi di Canossa, took its place. Its model was the Basilica of the Most Holy Redeemer on the Giudecca in Venice.
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