The Cloister and the interior
Entry into the monastery is through the smallest door under the narthex, which leads straight into the portico of the ancient cloister in which a chapel has been constructed containing the remains of the Blessed Beatrice d’Este. A narrow door leads to the nuns' choir, one of the most charming of settings in Ferrara: the large room, with the choir stalls along its sides, is dominated by a large altarpiece The Flagellation by Nicolò Roselli (16th cent.), framed by a grand ancon of the same period, in sculpted gilt wood. On the opposite side three chapels open out, all decorated with precious frescoes.
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