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Churches and places of worship Piedmont

Asti - Churches and places of worship

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Gottardo

The Cathedral of Asti or the so-called Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and San Gottardo dates back to the 13th century. It was built in 1266 in Romanesque - Lombard style. It is the largest church in Piedmont, and it represents a historical and architectural value in the area of Asti. After the deep restorations it was completed in 1470. Today the building has special decorative architectural elements of Gothic - Piedmontese art. The chapel has a height of 24 m.

Chiusano d'Asti - Churches and places of worship

Chiesa Romanica di Santa Maria

Site history: The Romanesque church of S. Maria appears in the register of the Asti churches of 1345, but its construction is certainly about a century earlier. It had an adjoining cemetery but, already in 1585, the pastoral visit report notes its distance from the concentric that had formed and attested in a higher position, defining it as a "country church". Partially restored in 2002, but now in a state of neglect. Site description: The façade with an anachronistic Baroque oculus and a rusty gate to replace a door, stolen long ago, as well as the badly plastered north and south sides, show that at the end of the seventeenth century the building was practically rebuilt by reusing the original bricks with much approximation and with the addition of buttresses. The interior is in a state of total abandonment but still contains the panel relating to the static consolidation of 2002 which was limited to the refurbishment of the roof. The 1693 fresco inside the apse is probably irrecoverable but apparently modestly made. The only original part is the lower half of the apse, while the upper part, particularly clumsy and disproportionate, shows that it has undergone the

Chiusano d'Asti - Churches and places of worship

Chiesa Parrocchiale Madonna del Carmine

The parish church, dedicated to the Madonna del Carmine, is attested in documents starting from the end of the sixteenth century. It was subject to alterations and extensions in the seventeenth century and in the second half of the eighteenth century, when it assumed its present form based on a design by the Turin architect Giovanni Battista Pagano. The elegant late Baroque façade, plastered in white, is characterized by a large elliptical oculus, a half-height horizontal frame and an entablature dominated by the triangular tympanum. Inside, with a single nave with four side chapels, valuable eighteenth-century furnishings, a baptismal font and contemporary murals are preserved. Two large canvases, from the eighteenth century, but restored in the nineteenth century, depict the Madonna and Child with saints. Behind the main altar there is a painting of the Black Madonna of the Shrine of Guadalupe, brought from New Mexico in 1752 by Giovanni Battista Codiga, who had made his fortune overseas.

Susa - Churches and places of worship

Cattedrale di San Giusto

The cathedral dates back to the 11th century, and has the main center of worship in the area. It is a religious structure, built in Romanesque style, characterized by the white color of the facade. Its interiors preserve numerous architectural elements of a liturgical character, and several works of sacred art: paintings, statues, and reliquaries. Today, despite the age of construction, the cathedral is in a good state of preservation, and is open to the public.

Azeglio - Churches and places of worship

Santuario di Sant'Antonio Abate

Today the Sanctuary of Sant'Antonio Abate is located on a pleasant and quiet hill on the shores of Lake Viverone. Dating back to the twelfth century, it was located on the Via Francigena “Romea” and hospice for the pilgrims who went to Rome. It was of great importance throughout the Middle Ages so much that it was mentioned in many documents of the time. Recently restored and in good condition, ancient frescoes are visible inside the church.

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