Ducal Chapel of San Liborio
church building in Colorno, Italy
The Ducal Chapel of San Liborio is a Catholic place of worship characterized by neoclassical forms, located at Via Roma 3 in Colorno, within the province and Diocese of Parma, behind the grand Ducal Palace.
Originally built in 1722 as a palatine chapel on the initiative of Duke Francesco Farnese, likely designed by Giuliano Mozzani, the church was rebuilt between 1775 and 1777 under the patronage of Duke Ferdinand I, possibly by Gaspare Turbini, who drew inspiration from Ennemond Alexandre Petitot's 1754 designs. Between 1789 and 1792, it was expanded by an unidentified architect, possibly Pietro Cugini, Donnino Ferrari, Louis-Auguste Feneulle, or Domenico Cossetti.
The chapel is regarded, for the integrity of its forms, as a "monument of neoclassical art" and one of the churches housing the greatest number of artworks in the diocese.
History
First chapel
Around 1722, upon completion of the renovation works on the Ducal Palace and its expansive park, Francesco Farnese decided to construct a palatine chapel dedicated to Saint Liborius, the patron saint of those afflicted with kidney stones, a condition from which the Duke of Parma suffered. The oratory, likely designed by architect Giuliano Mozzani, who had previously worked on the palace, was completed in 1725. The Baroque place of worship, bordered to the northeast by the Naviglio canal, featured a single-nave plan flanked by one chapel on each side, with an entrance to the southeast and an apsed presbytery to the northwest. It was surmounted by a high drum supporting a dome, topped with a lantern.
In 1734, during the Battle of Colorno, the church sustained partial damage.
In 1755, Duke Philip of Bourbon commissioned Ennemond Alexandre Petitot to design a grander, more expansive chapel that would harmonize with the adjacent palace.
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