Description
The Oratory of San Rocco is a small 16th-century building next to the church of Santa Lucia, in the center of Padua, near Via San Rocco. It was the seat of the saint's confraternity; today it belongs to the city and hosts temporary exhibitions.
The highlight is the lower hall, its walls entirely frescoed between 1536 and 1545 with the stories of Saint Roch, the work of Domenico Campagnola, Stefano dall'Arzere and other painters then active in the city. Above the altar is a Madonna with saints by Alessandro Maganza, from 1697.
Upstairs, the chapter hall holds a gilded stucco altar dossal by Tiziano Minio, commissioned in 1535, between two frescoes by Stefano dall'Arzere with scenes from the life of Saint Lucy.
The oratory was built on "ruined" houses that Costanza de' Rossi bought for the confraternity in 1525. After the Napoleonic era it passed to the state, until the city bought it at the beginning of the 20th century.
The highlight is the lower hall, its walls entirely frescoed between 1536 and 1545 with the stories of Saint Roch, the work of Domenico Campagnola, Stefano dall'Arzere and other painters then active in the city. Above the altar is a Madonna with saints by Alessandro Maganza, from 1697.
Upstairs, the chapter hall holds a gilded stucco altar dossal by Tiziano Minio, commissioned in 1535, between two frescoes by Stefano dall'Arzere with scenes from the life of Saint Lucy.
The oratory was built on "ruined" houses that Costanza de' Rossi bought for the confraternity in 1525. After the Napoleonic era it passed to the state, until the city bought it at the beginning of the 20th century.