Santa Cristina, Bologna

Santa Cristina or Santa Cristina della Fondazza is a deconsecrated Roman Catholic church and adjacent former convent, located on Piazzetta Morandi in central Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.

Since 2007, the barrel-vaulted church has served as a performance hall for concerts, mainly of choir and classical formats, while the convent houses the Department of Visual Arts of the University of Bologna.

The present church was erected in 1602 by Giulio della Torre, a pupil of Domenico Tibaldi.

[1] Other sculptures in the church were completed by Giuseppe Maria Mazza and G. Fiorini and paintings by Giacomo Francia (Nativity, c. 1552); Francesco Salviati (Madonna and Child with Saints, c. 1540); Lucio Massari (Visitation , 1607); Bernardino Baldi (Coronation of the Virgin, before 1615); and Bartolomeo Passerotti (Martyrdom of St Catherine) and his son Tiburzio (Annunciation and Christ carrying cross and St Veronica); Domenico Maria Canuti (St Cristina); Giovanni Battista Bertusio (Resurrection of Christ, early 17th-century); and Mastelletta[2] The adjacent Camaldolese monastery is now the Department of Visual Arts of the University of Bologna.

[3] The hall of Santa Cristina is large, short chamber concerts, often using period instruments, are performed at San Colombano.