{"id":736,"date":"2020-02-05T22:11:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T21:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/?p=736"},"modified":"2021-12-29T10:57:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T09:57:54","slug":"museum-tomb-and-church-of-san-caprasio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/museum-tomb-and-church-of-san-caprasio\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Museum, Tomb and Church of San Caprasio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"span3\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-738 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo08-sancaprasio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo08-sancaprasio.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo08-sancaprasio-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo08-sancaprasio-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span9\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=44.207508,9.967817&amp;num=1&amp;t=p&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=44.207312,9.967775&amp;spn=0.015381,0.034246&amp;z=14&amp;output=embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<small><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"toggle style4\"><div class=\"toggle-title \"><div class=\"status-icon fright\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/div><span><i class='icon fa fa-map-marker'><\/i> Address<\/span><\/div><div class=\"toggle-inner\">Piazza Abbazia - Aulla <\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"toggle style4\"><div class=\"toggle-title \"><div class=\"status-icon fright\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/div><span><i class='icon fa fa-mobile'><\/i> Contacts<\/span><\/div><div class=\"toggle-inner\">Tel: +390187420148<br \/>\nEmail: museo@sancaprasio.it<br \/>\nSito <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museodisancaprasio.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.museodisancaprasio.it<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"toggle style4\"><div class=\"toggle-title \"><div class=\"status-icon fright\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/div><span><i class='icon fa fa-clock-o'><\/i> Opening Hours<\/span><\/div><div class=\"toggle-inner\">Open every day from 9am to 12am and from 3pm to 6pm (free admittance)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class='dropcap dropcap-square'>A<\/span>rchaeological itinerary within the church. Since 2001, Aulla\u2019s abbey-church and what remains of the abbey have been subject to a campaign for their renovation and archaeological excavation, whose most important achievement has been the 2003 recovery of the monumental tomb containing the plaster shrine that holds the relics of Saint Caprasio, a hermit monk from the 5th century who expired on the island of L\u00e9rins (known today as S. Honore\u00e9), off the coast of Cannes.<\/p>\n<p>The tomb can be seen inside the church, within the presbytery: constructed between the year 1000 and 1050, following the church\u2019s 11th century expansion, it replaced a previously existing grave located inside the demolished apse of the church founded in 884 by Adalberto di Toscana. Traces of the 9th century church are still visible, such as the apse\u2019s foundation, remnants of the altar, the Saint\u2019s first tomb and a portion of the pavement made with repurposed marble originally in use during Roman times, including a bilingual epigraph dating back to the 1st century BC. Remnants of an even previous religious structure, constructed in the 8th century, can also be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the entrance, the right-side nave houses a baptismal font composed of a mortar and potsherd basin, dating back to the 12th century, when the monks\u2019 church began performing baptisms. Traces of the church\u2019s great entry door can be seen on the left side wall. This was the main entrance before the mid-19th century, when the current doors did not exist yet and the church\u2019s blind fa\u00e7ade was part of the city\u2019s defensive perimeter. The two carved stones that have been reintegrated into the structure may have been a part of the doorway: the capital\u2019s imagery \u2013 a face with demonic features, a beast and greenery \u2013 had the function of admonishing viewers against the dangers of the world, but also symbolised hope in the rebirth from sin, reinforced by the regal image of the eagle, an icon for Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Rare geometric decorations can still be seen at the base of the pillars that were destroyed in 1945-46, on level with the pavement of the early 11th-century church. The church pavement dates back to the renovations completed in 1664, when 17 large tombs and the rich stucco decorations \u2013 an elegant segment of which still exists in the apse\u2019s frame \u2013 were restored. The right-side nave displays the image of the \u201cAddolorata\u201d for worship: a beautiful \u201cdressed\u201d wood statue which previously depicted the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus, prior to its mid-19th-century transformation into the sorrowful \u201cAddolorata\u201d figure, embracing the dead body of Christ in her arms.<\/p>\n<p>The Cloister and Museum Collection<br \/>\nThe cloister \u2013 recovered beneath a cement pavement and repurposed as a garden \u2013 houses the marble testament of a vow made to the Patron of the Community of Aulla in 1422, and a token remembering the peace treaty agreed upon herein in 1202 by the Bishop of Luni and the Malaspina family: Bible plants, aromatic herbs and the impluvium that once collected rainwater channelling it towards the nearby Magra river. The restored Capitular room collects all the artefacts that have been recovered during excavations, attesting to the various construction phases and liturgical ornaments pertaining to the three identified churches, as well as to the presence of pilgrims travelling the Via Francigena. A scallop shell, a papal medal and a significant sum of medieval coins \u2013 including French and German examples \u2013 document the presence of pilgrims since the very first transit made by Sigeric, who appointed Aulla as his 30th stop-over. The most important artefacts include a fibula fragment from the 8th century BC, a Longobard-era pin, an Arab-made cup from the 10th century as well as religious medals recovered from the church\u2019s burial grounds. The cloister\u2019s surviving chamber houses important stones attributed to the Padoan sculptor Oberto Ferlendi, such as the elegant, dragon-etched capital identified by Mariapia Branchi and other capitals decorated with grapevines, a symbolic fish, the lily that represents the Virgin, and a series of crux and palm-tree motifs. A final room hosts a replica of the inert bomb recovered near the Saint\u2019s tomb, fragments of Baroque-era furnishings destroyed during the Aulla air raids, as well as a tribute remembering the flood that took place in October 2011. Beside it, the educational room offers screenings of a video recounting the abbey\u2019s history and the life of Saint Caprasio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr dashed_light\" style=\"margin:15px 0px !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\"><div class=\"span4\"><div class=\"blog-item\"><figure class=\"thumbnail\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imamginisole3-470x240.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"blog-item-description\"><h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/immagini-sole-san-caprasio-di-aulla-inaugura-la-personale-di-alice-mazzei\/\" title=\"Immagini sole. San Caprasio di Aulla inaugura la personale di Alice Mazzei\">Immagini sole. San Caprasio di Aulla inaugura la personale di Alice Mazzei<\/a><\/h6><div class=\"date\"><span>Giugno 20, 2023<\/span><\/div><div class=\"blog-item-excerpt\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immagini sole. Il primo luglio alle 10 al museo di San Caprasio di Aulla inaugura la personale di Alice Mazzei, a cura di Alessio Manfredi e Melania Sebastiani. Ancora una volta il polo aullese punta sull\u2019arte contemporanea e. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/immagini-sole-san-caprasio-di-aulla-inaugura-la-personale-di-alice-mazzei\/\">continua a leggere...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"span4\"><div class=\"blog-item\"><figure class=\"thumbnail\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/locandinaYtaliafeat-470x240.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"blog-item-description\"><h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/ytalia-mostra-darte-contemporanea-al-museo-di-san-caprasio\/\" title=\"Ytalia: Mostra d&#8217;arte contemporanea al Museo di San Caprasio\">Ytalia: Mostra d&#8217;arte contemporanea al Museo di San Caprasio<\/a><\/h6><div class=\"date\"><span>Maggio 29, 2023<\/span><\/div><div class=\"blog-item-excerpt\">\n<p>\u201cL\u2019architettura \u00e8 la scena fissa delle vicende dell\u2019uomo, carica di sentimenti di generazioni, di\neventi pubblici, tragedie private, fatti nuovi ed antichi.\u201d Aldo Rossi<\/p>\n<p>Cesare Nardi \u00e8 architetto: la sua riflessione artistica fonde i linguaggi della scultura, dell\u2019architettura e della pittura in. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/ytalia-mostra-darte-contemporanea-al-museo-di-san-caprasio\/\">continua a leggere...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"span4\"><div class=\"blog-item\"><figure class=\"thumbnail\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mutabilia-470x240.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"blog-item-description\"><h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/al-museo-di-san-caprasio-si-inaugura-mutabilia-mostra-personale-di-raffaella-angeli\/\" title=\"Al Museo di San Caprasio si inaugura Mutabilia, mostra personale di Raffaella Angeli\">Al Museo di San Caprasio si inaugura Mutabilia, mostra personale di Raffaella Angeli<\/a><\/h6><div class=\"date\"><span>Giugno 20, 2022<\/span><\/div><div class=\"blog-item-excerpt\">Venerd\u00ec 24 giugno alle 17:30 al Museo di San Caprasio inaugura\u00a0Mutabilia, mostra personale di Raffaella Angeli.\n\nRaffaella Angeli \u00e8 pittrice aullese, classe 1991. Dopo il diploma, pur coltivando il proprio talento nelle arti pittoriche e nel disegno, sceglie un indirizzo di. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/al-museo-di-san-caprasio-si-inaugura-mutabilia-mostra-personale-di-raffaella-angeli\/\">continua a leggere...<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venerd\u00ec 24 giugno alle 17:30 al Museo di San Caprasio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3500,"href":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions\/3500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museimassacarrara.it\/musk1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}