Who commissioned the Scrovegni Chapel and why?

Enrico degli Scrovegni, a money-lender from Padua, commissioned the chapel in 1305 as a penance for usury—his father, Reginaldo degli Scrovegni, was famously condemned by Dante in the Divine Comedy for greedy moneylending. Enrico built the chapel adjacent to his family palace to honor the Virgin Mary and atone for his family's reputation.

What makes the Scrovegni Chapel famous?

The chapel houses Giotto's monumental fresco cycle, considered a revolutionary breakthrough in Western art. The 38 frescoes depict the lives of the Virgin Mary, Christ, and the story of the Joachim and Anna, moving away from the Byzantine style toward naturalistic human emotion and three-dimensional space.

Where is the Scrovegni Chapel located?

The Scrovegni Chapel is located in Padua, a commune and capital city of the Province of Padua in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its precise coordinates are 45.411818°N latitude and 11.879536°E longitude.

What organization manages the Scrovegni Chapel?

The chapel is owned and operated by the Civic Museums of Padua (Musei Civici di Padova), a group of museums in Padua, Italy. The organization has approximately 39-52 employees across various sites.

What is the relationship between the Scrovegni Chapel and Giotto?

Giotto di Bondone (c. 1267–1337) created the entire fresco cycle inside the chapel between 1303-1305. His work at the Scrovegni Chapel represents one of his earliest and most important commissions, establishing his reputation as a pioneer of Renaissance painting.

Is the Scrovegni Chapel part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Yes, the Scrovegni Chapel is part of "Padua's fourteenth-century fresco cycles," which is recognized as a World Heritage site in Italy by UNESCO.

Scrovegni Chapel

chapel in Padua, Italy

Organization chapel Q963954

Facts

37 properties

Instance of: chapel, religious museum, art museum, museum of a public entity^[5]^[6]^[7]
Religion or worldview: Catholicism^[2]
Inception: 1305^[22]
Founder: Enrico degli Scrovegni^[9]
Owned by: Civic Museums of Padua, Scrovegni family^[10]^[11]
Country: Italy^[4]
Official website: www.cappelladegliscrovegni.it, cappellascrovegni.padovamusei.it^[25]^[26]
Part of: Civic Museums of Padua^[15]
Has use: oratory, mausoleum^[16]^[17]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 45.412°, 11.880°
Architectural style: Gothic architecture^[13]
Christian liturgical rite: Roman Rite
Commissioned by: Enrico degli Scrovegni^[8]
Dedicated to: Mary^[24]
Described by source: La cappella degli Scrovigni e l'Arena di Padova : nuovi appunti e ricordi
Diocese: Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua^[23]
Disabled accessibility: wheelchair accessible
Employees: +1, +76^[28]^[29]
Fax number: +39-049-820-4585
Has part(s): Frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel, Wikidata item^[20]^[21]
Height: +18.5
Heritage designation: Italian national heritage, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
Length: +20.5
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Padua^[3]

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Main subject: religious art^[27]
Name: Oratoire de l’Arena, chapel of the Arena
Named after: Scrovegni family^[12]
Native label: Cappella degli Scrovegni
Occupant: Enrico degli Scrovegni, Civic Museums of Padua^[18]^[19]
Official name: Cappella di Santa Maria della Carità
Phone number: +39-049-820-4551, +39 049 201 0020
Postal code: 35126^[14]
Street address: Piazza Eremitani 8, 35121 Padova
Uses: digital library
Visitors per year: 350k (9.4k–350k, n=4)^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]
Wi-Fi access: Universidad de Deusto
Width: +8.5

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 22

VIAF cluster ID: 124429791
Library of Congress authority ID: n87840423
GND ID: 4075797-3
Image (Wikimedia Commons): La Cappella degli Scrovegni.JPG ↗
ArchINFORM project ID: 7635
Atlas Obscura place ID: scrovegni-chapel
DBUnico MIBACT ID: 100940
Described at URL: m.padovacultura.padovanet.it, www.tagesspiegel.de, www.bildindex.de
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Arena-Chapel
Fondoambiente.it ID: cappella-degli-scrovegni
Freebase ID: /m/061zpv
ICCD ID - S form: 11785

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IdRef ID: 250212145
Kulturenvanteri monument ID: 308419
NL CR AUT ID: ko2017938885
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007259293005171
OpenStreetMap way ID: 131997214
SNARC ID: Rock am Ring
Topic's main category: Category:Cappella degli Scrovegni (Padua)
Wiki Loves Monuments ID: 05G2240082
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Building", "ScrovegniChapel::kk725"]
Yale LUX ID: group/795e6838-8a88-431b-9ac6-92bf0bf5aaaf

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🔗 Connections

Located in this place 8

Padua's fourteenth-century fresco cycles, Lamentation, Flight into Egypt, Kiss of Judas, Scrovegni Crucifix by Giotto, Entry into Jerusalem, Last Judgment, The Raising of Lazarus

← Collection 6

Lamentation, Flight into Egypt, Kiss of Judas, Entry into Jerusalem, Last Judgment, The Raising of Lazarus

Belongs to 2

Padua's fourteenth-century fresco cycles, Civic Museums of Padua

Has use 2

mausoleum, oratory

Instance of 2

chapel, art museum

Occupant 2

Enrico degli Scrovegni, Civic Museums of Padua

← Location of creation 2

Flight into Egypt, The Raising of Lazarus

← Place of burial 2

Enrico degli Scrovegni, Enrico degli Scrovegni

Architectural style 1

Gothic architecture

Christian liturgical rite 1

Roman Rite

Commissioned by 1

Enrico degli Scrovegni

Country 1

Italy

Created notable works 1

Giotto

Dedicated to 1

Mary

Diocese 1

Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua

Founder 1

Enrico degli Scrovegni

Has these parts 1

Lamentation

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Padua

Main subject 1

religious art

Owned by 1

Civic Museums of Padua

Part of 1

Civic Museums of Padua

Religion or worldview 1

Catholicism

SNARC ID 1

Rock am Ring

Uses 1

digital library

Wi-Fi access 1

Universidad de Deusto

← Has works in the collection 1

Giotto

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Summary

Scrovegni Chapel is a chapel^[1].

Body

Identity

Scrovegni Chapel's official name is recorded as Cappella di Santa Maria della Carità^[34].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[4] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — country (P17): Italy. archINFORM. Retrieved 2018-07-30. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — instance of (P31): religious museum. ISTAT 2020 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — instance of (P31): art museum. ISTAT 2022 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — instance of (P31): museum of a public entity. ISTAT 2022 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — commissioned by (P88): Enrico degli Scrovegni. dati.beniculturali.it. dati.beniculturali.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — founder (P112): Enrico degli Scrovegni. britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — owned by (P127): Civic Museums of Padua. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — owned by (P127): Scrovegni family. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Padua. archINFORM. Retrieved 2018-07-31. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — named after (P138): Scrovegni family. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — religion or worldview (P140): Catholicism. Retrieved 2021-01-06. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — architectural style (P149): Gothic architecture. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — postal code (P281): 35126. catalogo.beniculturali.it. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — part of (P361): Civic Museums of Padua. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — has use (P366): oratory. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — has use (P366): mausoleum. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — occupant (P466): Enrico degli Scrovegni. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — occupant (P466): Civic Museums of Padua. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — has part(s) (P527): Frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — has part(s) (P527): Q118177572. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — inception (P571): 1305. britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — diocese (P708): Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — dedicated to (P825): Mary. cappelladegliscrovegni.it. cappelladegliscrovegni.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — official website (P856): http://www.cappelladegliscrovegni.it. catalogo.beniculturali.it. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — official website (P856): https://cappellascrovegni.padovamusei.it. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — main subject (P921): religious art. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — employees (P1128): 1. ISTAT 2019 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — employees (P1128): 76. ISTAT 2021 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — visitors per year (P1174): 9387. ISTAT 2020 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — visitors per year (P1174): 338,647. ISTAT 2019 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — visitors per year (P1174): 124,279. ISTAT 2021 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — visitors per year (P1174): 350,156. ISTAT 2022 survey on museums and similar institutions. istat.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel — official name (P1448): Cappella di Santa Maria della Carità. cappelladegliscrovegni.it. cappelladegliscrovegni.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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[1] ↑ Scrovegni Chapel is an instance of chapel (Q108325) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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