Santissima Annunziata, Pesaro

The Church of the Santissima Annunziata is a small 17th-century church or oratory located on via F.lli Benelli in central Pesaro, region of Marche, Italy.

The structure was originally built by a confraternity servicing pilgrims in transit through Pesaro. In 1779, it was acquired by the Mosca family, whose palace was adjacent, but later ceded to the Cathedral.

The apse has a stucco Annunciation by the late-Baroque artist Giuseppe Mazza, replacing an early-16th-century painting by Marco Palmezzano, now found in the Pinacoteca Vaticana. Once this church also housed the Madonna del Popolo with the Beata Michelina, St Luke, and an Angel (now in the Museum of the Cathedral) by Giovanni Giacomo Pandolfi. In 1921, it was substituted by the Madonna del Rosario e Santi by Fernando Mariotti (1891-1969). This painting and the Jesus on Cross with two Saints by Giovanni Peruzzini are now in the Cathedral. The church contains a number of burial tombs.[1]

The facade once had a revered fresco image of the Madonna del Popolo, but this was removed to protect it from the elements.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Tourism office of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino.
  2. ↑ Catalogo delle pitture che si conservano nelle chiese di Pesaro, Antonio Becci, Casa Gavelli, Pesaro, 1783, page 36-37.

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