If this is Thursday it must be postcards, 729

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Church of Sant’ Antonio Nuovo, Trieste, Italy, 1854

 

 

This is the third postcard in a series sent by a friend.  It shows the Church of Sant’Antonio Nuovo, the largest Catholic church located on a square at the end of the Grand Canal in the center of Trieste, Italy, as it looked in 1854.  Esterno di s. Antonio Nuovo in Trieste – 1854 is printed at the upper left on the reverse.  There is no blurb or identifying code.  On the reverse center line is:  “Tipografia Vilaggio del Fanciullo – Trieste.”  As with the other two cards shared from this series, the picture appears to a watercolor painting. 

 

A private chapel dedicated to the Annunication was on this spot until the middle of the 1700s.  Permission was granted to open the chapel to the public by Antonio Rossett.  The size of the chapel was inadequate for the numbers of people who wanted to worship there, hence a new church was completed in 1771.  However, it was also too small.  This large structure was proposed in 1808 but work on it did not begin until 1825.  The six ionic columns on the top of the building have statues sculpted by Francesco Bosa in 1842 and represent Saint Justus, Saints Sergius and Bacchus, Saint Servulus, Saint Maurus, Saint Euphemia, ad Saint Tecla.  Paintings by local artists, Girolamo Michelangelo Grigoletti, Odorico Politi, Felice Schiavoni, Sebastiano Santi, Alessandro Longhi, Ludovico Lipparini, and Joseph Ernst Tunner can be found inside the church. 

 

There are two tracker action organs were added in 1958.  Tracker action refers to the mechanical linkage between keys and pedals found in some pipe organs and steam calliopes.  When the organist presses the pedals or keys a valve allows air to flow in the pipes for that note.  Two other types are direct electric action and electro-pneumatic action organs.  Although tracker action organs were not used as much in the early 20^th century there are still builders today making tracker action organs using historical examples as models.

 

Thanks go to M. for sharing the card.

 

For additional information, see:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%27Antonio_Taumaturgo,_Trieste

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracker_action

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Michelangelo_Grigoletti

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odorico_Politi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Longhi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_Lipparini