# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCHITECT, Italian]() - Date: 1251-1300 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary San Francesco in Bologna is a brick construction typical of the Lombard and Emilian plain. It hides behind a massive screen façade in the Romanesque tradition of Parma, Piacenza, and Pavia. The plan with its ambulatory and nine separate radiating chapels is reminiscent of the Île de France. Externally the formal build-up of the choir reflects the transformation of French forms upon Emilian soil. The massive flying buttresses press against the flat pilasters that define the angles of the faceted choir. The photo shows the choir. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/zzzarchi/13c/3/1/bologna1.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan</a> of the San Francesco, Bologna. ## Related artworks - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Apse of a basilica]() - [Arsenale Gateway]() - [Arsenale Gateway]() - [Basilica di Sant'Antonio: Chiostro del Noviziato]() - [Basilica Santi Nereo e Achilleo]() - [Ca' Foscari: Façade]() - [Chamber of the millers]() - [Chiesa dell'Incoronata: Interior of the dome]() - [Cloister gallery]() - [Detail of the façade]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()