Santa Maria della Pietà Church, Squillace

Church of Santa Maria della Pieta, Squillace
Church of Santa Maria della Pieta. comunale, XIII - XIV. Roberto Mastro (attribute) from Squillace
The church probably owes a famous master builder, Roberto da Squillace, who worked after 1296 in Calabria, a jewel of thirteenth-century Gothic architecture. It is an example of the local artistic flowering of the Swabian period; Interesting for the art which reveals the elaboration and dignity of the local workers. The church is of Franciscan construction, which recalls the characteristics of convent churches. It is probably just an isolated fragment related to the original monastic context, a convent hall born locally with influences of Cistercian examples.
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