San Michele in Bosco
Coordinates: 44°28′53″N 11°20′30″E / 44.481313°N 11.341796°E
San Michele in Bosco is a religious complex in Bologna, central Italy, including the church with the same name and the annexed Olivetan monastery. The latter was acquired in 1955 by the municipality of Bologna, to house an orthopedic center named the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute (l'Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli).
Located on a hill not far from the city's historical center, the area housed monastic structures as early as the 4th century AD. In 1364 the Olivetans settled here by will of Pope Urban V. After the church was destroyed in 1430, they rebuilt it in different period, mostly finishing it by 1523. Gaspare Nadi was one of those who did work on it. The church has a Renaissance-style façade designed by Biagio Rossetti and his workshop, and a marble portal by Baldassarre Peruzzi. The interior has a nave with four side chapels, and a presbytery.
The convent was finished in the late 16th century. It has an octagonal cloister, with frescoes by the Carracci school.
Detail of the rear of the church. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1973.
The octagonal cloister. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1971.
Frescos by Carracci in the cloister. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1971.
The complex seen from the center of Bologna. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1969.
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