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San Michele in Bosco
Balcony over Bologna
High on a hill dominating Bologna, the site of San Michele in Bosco (St Michael's in the Woods) was a favourite retreat for hermits in Lombard times. In the 14th century, Pope Urban V granted the land to the Olivetan monks. They rebuilt and remodelled the church several times, lastly in 1523, giving it a marble portal by Baldassare Peruzzi of Siena.
Inside there's a tomb by another Sienese sculptor, Jacopo della Quercia. The walls are covered with frescoes by Girolamo da Carpi and the quadraturists Domenico Canuti and Angelo Michele Colonna.
Next to the church is an unusual octagonal cloister, with remains of frescoes by Ludovico Carracci and Guido Reni.
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Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Images by Lorenzov79, Creative Commons License, SIG SG 510, Creative Commons License