{"id":901,"date":"2022-06-17T14:06:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T14:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/a-journey-into-baroque\/baroque-architecture-in-and-around-cuneo\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T15:17:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:17:08","slug":"baroque-architecture-in-and-around-cuneo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/en\/a-journey-into-baroque\/baroque-architecture-in-and-around-cuneo\/","title":{"rendered":"Baroque architecture in and around Cuneo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div id=\"page-header-722245374\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n        data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center flex-row medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col text-left medium-text-center\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Baroque architecture in and around Cuneo          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col flex-right text-right medium-text-center\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-722245374 .page-title-inner {\n  min-height: 160px;\n}\n#page-header-722245374 .title-bg {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img343-1.jpg);\n}\n#page-header-722245374 .title-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_656488886\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large row-divided\"  id=\"row-901185490\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1975225258\" class=\"col medium-8 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Cuneo and its surrounding area are home to a wealth of valuable architectural, sculptural and pictorial elements of Baroque art, produced between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The historical, commercial and social vicissitudes of the period generated wealth and opulence, traces of which can still be seen in magnificent palazzos, civic buildings and churches. Baroque art reflects the cultural changes of the time through an abundance of arabesques, curved lines, stucco and lavish decorations.<\/p>\n<p>The motto of the Baroque arts was docere delectando, or to create wonder and amazement in the beholder, through intricate skilful decorations with an admirable mix of sculptures, paintings and even stage sets worthy of a theatre, thanks to the absolute mastery of the laws of perspective that resulted in pompous optical illusions designed to celebrate the greatness of the powers-that-were.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_842805073\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img343-1-1024x478.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"1020\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img343-1-1024x478.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img343-1-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img343-1-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img343-1-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img343-1.jpg 1165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_842805073 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>One of the figures who contributed most to the development of the Baroque in the Cuneo area was the architect Francesco Gallo, who was behind the urban rebirth of many towns in Piedmont. Francesco Gallo and the architect Antonio Bertola were responsible for the design of the Church of Santa Croce in Cuneo, one of the jewels of Piedmontese Baroque.<\/p>\n<p>Set within the large complex of the Santa Croce hospital, the church\u2019s fa\u00e7ade is characterised by a concave structure that creates a small churchyard, particularly striking seen from the direction of the districts in the old city centre. The main artists of the period worked on the magnificent interior decoration, which has been well preserved over time.<\/p>\n<p>After destruction of its original Romanesque layout, the Church of Sant\u2019Ambrogio di Cuneo was rebuilt at the beginning of the eighteenth century to a grandiose design by Gallo himself. The baroque fa\u00e7ade announces rich interiors where a majestic frescoed dome lends impetus and luminosity.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1731457574\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img346-1-1024x582.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"1020\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img346-1-1024x582.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img346-1-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img346-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img346-1-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img346-1.jpg 1165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1731457574 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1763923082\" class=\"col medium-4 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width\"  id=\"row-1016407488\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1285542187\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3702508680\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4>A journey into Baroque<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3702508680 {\n  line-height: 1.2;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu stack stack-col justify-start ux-menu--divider-solid\">\n\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/in-viaggio-nel-barocco\/architetture-barocche-di-cuneo-e-dintorni\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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