Chiesa di Sant'Agostino

Cremona


Once inside the 14th-century Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, head for the third chapel on the right, the Cappella Cavalcabò, which features a stunning late-Gothic fresco cycle by Bonifacio Bembo and his assistants. One of the altars is graced with a 1494 painting by Pietro Perugino, Madonna in trono e santi (The Madonna Enthroned with Saints).


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