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Tourist Info San Candido
Piazza del Magistrato 1
I-39038 San Candido (BZ)
Alta Pusteria - South Tyrol - Dolomites - Italy
Phone: 0039 0474 913149
Fax: 0039 0474 913677
E-Mail: info@sancandido.info
The Roman Collegiate Church in San Candido
Visiting times:
daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Collegiate Church in San Candido is one of the most beautiful sacral buildings in Roman style in the Eastern Alps. The Collegiate Church was constructed around 1143 when the Benedictine Convent of San Candido founded in the 8th century by Duke Tassilo from Bavaria III was transformed into a Collegiate Church. The Church assumed its present appearance around 1280, while the bell tower dates back to between 1320 and 1326. The monumental walls recall the style of the fortresses favoured by the crusaders and the many castles built in the days of the Hohenstaufen. Also the church was meant to be a fortress of God. Worth seeing are the monumental Roman fresco, the special crucifixion group, and the crypt.
The San Michele Parish Church
Visiting times:
daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(only in summer)
Although this church originally built in Romanic style dates back to the 12th century, renovation performed after 1735 transformed it to the Baroque jewel we see today with the lavish ornamentation that recalls the exuberance of Rococo.
The outside is characterised by arched windows, niches with statues, the impressive main facade crowned by a cross, angels blowing trumpets and bearing glowing braziers, and the walls' buttresses in the form of scrolls.
Without doubt, this church is one of the most beautiful sacral buildings in Tyrol.
San Candido church culture: The Franciscan Convent
Visiting times:
Daily from 7.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
(cloister upon request only)
The Franciscan Church was consecrated by the archbishop of Bressanone in 1697. The church is characterised by being back to basics, as the friar churches built during the Counter-Reformation clearly differ from traditional Collegiate Churches dedicated to belongings and culture through their simple and clear method of construction (planning: Franciscan friar Vitus Rastbichler from the Ötztal Valley). The Order's ideal of simplicity and poverty is reflected in the absence of a high bell tower and complex vaults and frescoes.
After the entrance there's the small Chapel of Saint Anthony annexed to the nave destined for private meditation. The Fathers originally recited the choral prayers from the gallery. Not much of what distinguished the initial version of the church remains to be seen today, with the exception of the large oil paintings behind the side altars and the Franciscan saints on the southern wall. Today's altars are nice examples of Rococo art. The careful restoration works performed between 1992 and 1994 provided the Convent with its original appearance. The restoration project was awarded the Europa Nostra Prize in June, 1994.
The Chapel of Altötting and the Holy Sepulchre Church
Visiting times:
Information in the San Candido Tourism Association
The outer church is a very special example of Christian architecture that provides Baroque testimony of popular devotion at the same time. The church consists of three chapels joint together. An innkeeper from San Candido, Georg Paprion, one of many devoted 17th century pilgrims, brought the layout and perspective drawings of the Sacred Sepulchre at Mt. Golgotha from Jerusalem for the construction of a chapel in San Candido that was completed in 1653. Some time around 1633, he had previously built the chapel with a round floor and peaked roof and respective nave that is commonly referred to as the Chapel of Christ's Passion according to the model provided by the Church of Mercy in Altötting.
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