Madonna del Baraccano, Bologna

The Sanctuary of the Madonna del Baraccano is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church, located at Piazza del Baraccano 2 at the southern edge of the formerly walled central Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

In 1401, during a siege of Bologna by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, an elderly woman was spied kneeling in prayer next to the wall where a Madonna image was present.

[2] The interior has an altar to the right with a Procession of St Gregory Magnus by Cesare Aretusi and Giovanni Battista Fiorini.

To the right of the main altar is the frescoed Enthroned Madonna with Angels (1472) by Francesco del Cossa.

To the left of the altar is a Holy Family by Lavinia Fontana and a San Carlo Borromeo by Lucio Massari.