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Stylized illustration of Church of the Eremitani in Padua - Goparoo

Church of the Eremitani

Church of the Eremitani site features

Last updated on September 7, 2026
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Church of the Eremitani site plan

The church

Key highlights

The two surviving Mantegna scenes

The Assumption and a fragment of the Martyrdom of St Christopher, alive today only because they had been removed for restoration before the bombing.

The reassembled fragments

Thousands of pieces returned to position by a decades-long recovery project. Seen against the blank ground around them, they are as much a record of the loss as of the painting.

Guariento's apse frescoes

14th-century work that survived the raid largely intact, and the most complete medieval painting in the building.

The ship's-keel ceiling

A broad timber vault over the whole nave, rebuilt after the war to the original form.