Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato, Genoa, Italy
Submitted by Hans von Weissenfluh on Tue, 2008-07-15 14:51.
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Maybe the most beautiful church in Genoa, it was built in 1520 by the Franciscan monks in a late gothic style, but they didn't finish it. In 1591 the Lomellini Family got involved in completing and enlarging it. The works ended forty years later. The basilica is a beautiful example of genoese manneristic-baroque. Inside, masterpieces by the following painters and sculptors can be found: Van Dyck, Strozzi, Piola, De Ferrari and Guidobono.
A very high resolution 360° interactive photo is available at this page: http://www.hvweb.net/annunziata/