{"id":310329,"date":"2024-08-09T22:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T20:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/what-to-see\/church-of-santa-maria-assunta-at-arqua-petrarca-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:05:22","slug":"church-of-santa-maria-assunta-at-arqua-petrarca","status":"publish","type":"what-to-see","link":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/what-to-see\/church-of-santa-maria-assunta-at-arqua-petrarca\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of Santa Maria Assunta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Santa Maria Assunta in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/village\/arqua-petrarca\/\"><strong>Arqu\u00e0 Petrarca<\/strong><\/a> houses a rich artistic heritage, the result of renovations and additions over the centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Among the most significant features is the high altar, which comes from the Hermitage of Monte Rua and was created by Francesco Rizzi, a member of the Bonazza school. The work is enhanced by statues of the Virgin Mary and the Archangel Gabriel, flanked by two busts of saints and two angels, creating a harmonious and striking composition.<\/p>\n<p>Also of great value is the altarpiece dedicated to the Assumption, created by Palma il Giovane, which further enriches the sacred space.<\/p>\n<p>Restoration work carried out in the early 20th century also brought to light frescoes from different periods: those of the Venetian-Byzantine school dating back to the 11th century and others of post-Giottesque influence from the 15th century, precious testimonies to the church\u2019s long artistic and religious history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Arqu\u00e0 Petrarca: a Baroque altar, an altarpiece by Palma il Giovane and medieval frescoes of great artistic value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":237305,"template":"","village-conntection":[50406],"what-to-see-region-and-provinces":[76226,76224],"what-to-see-category":[30159],"class_list":["post-310329","what-to-see","type-what-to-see","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-arqua-petrarca-it","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-padua-en","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-veneto-en","what-to-see-category-place-of-cult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/310329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/what-to-see"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/310329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=310329"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-region-and-provinces","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-region-and-provinces?post=310329"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-category?post=310329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}