The residence of the Franciscans in Barletta
Documented as early as the 12th century, the church of San Salvatore was dedicated to Sant'Andrea. In the 16th century the Della Marra family bequeathed the church to the Franciscan friars whose church, which was dedicated to the apostle, had been destroyed for defensive needs.
The church has three naves, the main one has a trussed roof, while the lateral ones are closed by vaults.
In the second half of the 16th century, the church was enlarged with the side chapels, full of the tombs of the city’s main families, and with the large chapel.
Of great interest is the Romanesque portal, surmounted by a lunette sculpted by master Simeone da Ragusa.
Among the Renaissance works present inside, of great importance is the Madonna and Child painted by Alvise Vivarini in 1483, the marble sculpture of Saint John the Baptist assigned to the so-called "Caccavello-D'Auria Society" and the wooden choir placed behind the altar, built by Neapolitan workers, which bears the date 1599.
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Wooden choir
Placed behind the altar as per post-Tridentine prescription, the wooden choir represents an exceptionally preserved example of this type of late sixteenth-century artifact.
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St. John the Baptist
The sculpture depicting Saint John the Baptist, in marble with signs of gilding, is preserved in the church of Sant'Andrea, although its original location is not known.
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Madonna with Child
The panel depicting the Madonna and Child is a painting signed by Alvise Vivarini who executed it, as reported by the inscription at the base of the throne, in 1483. It is believed that this panel formed the central part of a dismembered polyptych.
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Executed on a curved panel placed above an altar it was not intended for, this Saint Anthony of Padua towering over a landscape is characterized by the usual iconographic attributes: habit, lilies and a book.
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Scheda scientifica sulla Chiesa di Sant'Andrea