Chiesa degli Eremitani - World Heritage Site
4 expert reviews
“Houses substantial fragments of Andrea Mantegna's... beautiful and historically important depictions of the martyrdom of Saint James and Saint Christopher.”
– Fodor's
Fodor's
"A former monastery now houses works of Venetian masters, as well as fine collections of archaeological finds and ancient coins."
Lonely Planet
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"When a 1944 bombing raid demolished the extraordinary 1448–57 frescoes by Andrea Mantegna in the Capella Overtari in the Chiesa degli Eremitani, the loss to art history was incalculable...."
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Frommer's
"Padua's worst tragedy was the complete destruction of this church by Allied bombs in 1944; some art historians consider it the country's greatest artistic wartime loss. It has been..."
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