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Chiesa di S. Maria degli Angeli<br />
o del Cristo<br />
It was erected in 1309 as the<br />
hospital chapel and underwent<br />
Gaspare Nervesa in 1611.<br />
The entrance portal retains three<br />
notches, carved to mark three<br />
devastating floods.<br />
Major<br />
museums in<br />
Pordenone<br />
Chiesa del Beato Odorico Recent<br />
architecture by Mario Botta,<br />
inaugurated in 1992.<br />
a fair amount of remodelling,<br />
most notably in the 18 th century<br />
and after the Second World War.<br />
The main portal is by the<br />
Pilacorte school (1510).<br />
Inside it contains interesting<br />
fragments of 14 th century frescoes<br />
and a large wooden crucifix.<br />
Chiesa della SS. Trinità<br />
(16 th century)<br />
Located beyond the Adam and<br />
Eve bridge, on the far side of<br />
the Noncello river, the church<br />
is octagonal-shaped externally<br />
and round inside.<br />
The apse is entirely covered in<br />
frescoes by Calderari (1540-45<br />
ca) and the altarpiece at the<br />
high altar was painted by<br />
Chiesa di S. Giorgio<br />
Enlarged in 1625 and totally<br />
remodelled to a design by<br />
G. B. Bassi between the end<br />
of the 19 th century and the<br />
beginning of the 20 th century,<br />
the church features an unusual<br />
bell-tower in the shape of a<br />
fluted Doric column in white<br />
stone, surmounted by a<br />
huge statue of Saint<br />
George. It contains a<br />
painting attributed to Gasparo<br />
Narvesa depicting Saint<br />
George killing the dragon<br />
(17 th century).<br />
Museo Civico d’Arte,<br />
housed in Palazzo Ricchieri.<br />
Besides a conspicuous collection<br />
of 13 th century wooden<br />
sculptures and items of Gothic<br />
jewellery, the museum also hosts<br />
various paintings by Giovanni<br />
Antonio de’ Sacchis, known as<br />
il Pordenone, who is deemed<br />
to be the most important Friulian<br />
painter ever. In addition to<br />
a 15 th century crucifix by a<br />
Tuscan sculptor and a 16 th<br />
century wooden altar<br />
by Valeriano (Pinzano<br />
al Tagliamento), the<br />
museum also presents<br />
works by Nicola<br />
Grassi, Odorico Politi,<br />
Giuseppe Bernardino<br />
Bison, Giuseppe<br />
Tominz and various<br />
other Venetian and Friulian<br />
artists from the 18 th and 19 th<br />
centuries.<br />
Museo Civico delle Scienze,<br />
founded in 1970, this science<br />
museum is housed in the 16 th<br />
century Palazzo Amalteo,<br />
in Piazza della Motta.<br />
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