{"id":3421,"date":"2019-03-22T19:18:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T18:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/?page_id=3421"},"modified":"2020-03-03T12:40:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T11:40:42","slug":"basilica-of-st-maria-infraportas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/foligno\/what-to-see-in-foligno\/basilica-of-st-maria-infraportas\/","title":{"rendered":"Basilica of St Maria Infraportas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the western side of Piazza S. Domenico, opposite the church of the same name, stands one of the oldest religious buildings in the Foligno area towns &#8211; <strong>the Church of S. Maria Infraportas<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe basilica is mentioned in official documents from 1087 when the annexed hospital of Santa Maria was documented. The eleventh-century Romanesque structure stood on an earlier sacred ground, today preserved in the <strong>chapel of the Assumption<\/strong> (or of St. Peter) dating back to the 7<sup>th<\/sup>-8<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout its history, the building has assumed different names because of its borderline position: built outside the city walls it was called &#8220;<em>extra porta<\/em>&#8221; or &#8220;<em>foris portam<\/em>&#8221; (beyond the walls), then changed to &#8220;infra portis&#8221; in the 12<sup>th<\/sup> century when it was incorporated into the urban center with the expansion of the city walls.<\/p>\n<p>The external fa\u00e7ade, made of pink and white stone bricks in alternating rows, is a reconstruction done in the nineteenth century, as is the small portico that precedes it made from columns and capitals of the 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 12<sup>th<\/sup> century.<br \/>\nTo the right of the main fa\u00e7ade there is a small niche from 1480 painted from the sinopia of a fresco depicting <strong>St. Anne crowned by the angels<\/strong>, attributable to <em>Mezzastris<\/em>. The bell tower is a little further ahead \u00a0on the same side.<\/p>\n<p>The interior is divided into three naves, the central one with a barrel vault, the two smaller ones are cross vaulted. Immediately to the left, just after the entrance, you can see the famous <strong>Chapel of the Assumption<\/strong>, the oldest part of the church and perhaps even one of the oldest sepulchral chapels in the entire city, where <strong>two important 12<sup>th<\/sup> century Byzantine frescoes<\/strong> are preserved. The figures are the <strong>Archangel St. Michael and St. Disma, the good thief<\/strong>, on one side, and <strong>Christ blessing St Peter and St Paul <\/strong>on the other. A legend not documented by official sources claims that the two saints officiated the sacred rites in this chapel.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the twentieth century, a wooden statue of the <strong>Madonna and Child<\/strong> completed the decoration. Today this work is no longer visible as it was transferred to the parish museum without the Child, which was stolen in 1987.<br \/>\nOfficial documents certify that the building already functioned as a parish in 1631 and a wide range of works of art made by local and non-local artists definitely makes the <strong>Church of S. Maria Infraportas<\/strong> one of the destinations not to be mi ssed if you decide to visit the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the western side of Piazza S. Domenico, opposite the church of the same name, stands one of the oldest religious buildings in the Foligno area towns &#8211; the Church of S. Maria Infraportas. The basilica is mentioned in official documents from 1087 when the annexed hospital of Santa Maria was documented. 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