Scalzi (Verona)
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The church of the Scalzi (Chiesa degli Scalzi) is a religious building in Verona
, named after the Discalced Carmelites
who commissioned it. The order had arrived in Verona in 1663 and was initially housed in a Dominican
monastery. Bit by bit they bought other buildings and obtained a grant of three fields from the city in adjoining land - the following year they moved to their new base and in 1666 began work building a church and monastic buildings. The intensive construction phase only lasted to 1750, with the facade only finished much later. Initially dedicated to the Virgin of the Annunciation and Saint Gabriel the Archangel (Vergine Annunziata e a San Gabriele Arcangelo), the order rededicated it to their patron Teresa of Avila
. The monastery was suppressed on 8 July 1806 by a decree of Napoleon and came to be used as a prison from 1883 onwards. The monastic buildings were destroyed by bombing in the Second World War.
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
, named after the Discalced Carmelites
Discalced Carmelites
The Discalced Carmelites, or Barefoot Carmelites, is a Catholic mendicant order with roots in the eremitic tradition of the Desert Fathers and Mothers...
who commissioned it. The order had arrived in Verona in 1663 and was initially housed in a Dominican
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
monastery. Bit by bit they bought other buildings and obtained a grant of three fields from the city in adjoining land - the following year they moved to their new base and in 1666 began work building a church and monastic buildings. The intensive construction phase only lasted to 1750, with the facade only finished much later. Initially dedicated to the Virgin of the Annunciation and Saint Gabriel the Archangel (Vergine Annunziata e a San Gabriele Arcangelo), the order rededicated it to their patron Teresa of Avila
Teresa of Ávila
Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer...
. The monastery was suppressed on 8 July 1806 by a decree of Napoleon and came to be used as a prison from 1883 onwards. The monastic buildings were destroyed by bombing in the Second World War.