San Paolo, Ferrara

The Church of San Paolo in Ferrara is located on corso Porta Reno 60, a few blocks south of the Ferrara Cathedral, facing piazzetta Alberto Schiatti.

Construction of a parish church at the site was begun in the tenth century.

In 1295, the church was affiliated with the Order of the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel.

[1] After the earthquake of 1570, reconstruction of the church was entrusted to the architect Alberto Schiatti.

During the Napoleonic occupation, the monastery was suppressed, and converted into a jail, for which it continued to be used till 1912.