{"id":19572,"date":"2019-08-09T18:06:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T16:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/borghi-of-umbria\/cosa-vedere-a-spello\/chiesa-di-san-biagio\/"},"modified":"2019-08-22T10:19:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T08:19:28","slug":"chiesa-di-san-biagio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/fortified-villages-in-umbria-rare-hidden-gems\/what-to-see-in-spello\/chiesa-di-san-biagio\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiesa di San Biagio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The church of San Biagio is a modest but <strong>interesting example of Spello\u2019s historical and artistic heritage<\/strong>. It stands on Via Giulia and belongs to the parish of San Lorenzo. <strong>Probably built in the mid-13<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/strong>, it housed a hospital run by lay people who were descendants of the founder. There\u2019s not much information about this institution: the earliest documents date back to 1430, while after 1460 they become increasingly scarce.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent restoration work dates back to 1979 and focused on consolidating the structure and maintaining its original appearance. The church was built with white-pink limestone from Mount Subasio, has a simple gabled roof and is rectangular in shape with a large truss in the centre of the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>The interior decoration is certainly not attributable to famous artists but, given its limited dimensions, the pictorial decor is by no means poor. The building has two frescoes attributed to <em>Bartolomeo da Miranda<\/em>, a painter of the school of Spoleto, who worked in Spello in the second quarter of the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century; on the high altar you will see a 17<sup>th<\/sup>-century altarpiece and traces of frescoes on the walls by local craftsmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The church of San Biagio is a modest but interesting example of Spello\u2019s historical and artistic heritage. It stands on Via Giulia and belongs to the parish of San Lorenzo. Probably built in the mid-13th century, it housed a hospital run by lay people who were descendants of the founder. 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