Camera di San Paolo
5 expert reviews
“The Camera di San Paolo in the convent of the same name, displays frescoes by the prolific Correggio.”
– Lonely Planet
Fodor's
"Mythological scenes depict glorious frescoes of the Triumphs of the Goddess Diana, the Three Graces, and the Three Fates."
Travel + Leisure
"Two exquisitely frescoed rooms by Renaissance master and Emilia-Romagna native Antonio da Correggio."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"The Abbess's dining room in the Convento di San Paolo was decorated in monumental style by Correggio in 1519-20...delicate and sensual character of these paintings comes as a surprise"
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Note the frescoes in the vault, a luminous mythological creation in which the influence of Mantegna is evident.
Frommer's
"San Paolo was one of many well-endowed convents where women of means who for one reason or another could not marry spent their lives in relative comfort."
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