equal project - Valle Staffora

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SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
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ARTISTIC HERITAGE
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HISTORICAL HERITAGE
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NATURAL HERITAGE
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THE MUSEUMS OF THE TERRITORY
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INTRODUCTION
In the last three years of activity the Equal
Project has tried to add the value of the
territory of the Oltrepo Pavese, starting
from its agricultural, handicraft, tourism
and human peculiarities. The project
starts from the idea of a territory seen like
an opportunity for the people who live and
inhabit in these places and from the aim to
attract new energies, people and resources.
This publication is the result of these considerations and constitutes one of the
products of the project.
The work is realized thanks to the common effort of the Equal Staff and of the
people directly involved in the project activities: six young people trained during
the project about tourism and territorial
marketing of Oltrepo Pavese. These
young people had also worked in the
three Infopoints created in Casteggio, in
Varzi and in Godiasco (Salice Terme), after
the training course of Equal Project.
In 2007 the operators of infopoints visited
the whole Oltrepo Pavese to discover its
beauties and peculiarities, which make it a
land rich in identity, history, art, traditions,
culture and natural beauties; they have taken part to the country fairs, to know the
local and regional speciality goods and to
meet people interested to these themes;
they have collaborated to the organisation
of events concerning the development of
our territory; they have photographed the
existent heritage to create a product that
represents the territory of Oltrepo.
The guide is composed by four sections:
- Artistic heritage;
- Historical heritage;
- Natural heritage;
- The Museums of the territory.
Every subject is identified with a different
colour and the sections are disposed
along an ideal route that starts from the
East Oltrepo (Stradella, Broni, ecc), and
arrives to High Oltrepo Pavese (Varzi and
the other countries of the High Staffora
Valley).
This publication is an useful and simple instrument for the traveller to discover the
attractions of our territory. At the same time it represents the synthesis of the aims
that the local government and bodies involved in Equal Project have pursued since 2001, the year in which the first Equal
Program began.
Marco Bottazzi
Representative of Municipality of Casteggio
Organizer of Equal Project
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RUINO
SAINT PIETRO’S CHURCH
by
Alessandro Poggi
In the hamlet of Ruino we find the Saint
Pietro’s parish Church, situated in a panoramic position. The Church was inaugurated in 1612 and became in the same year Parish. The facade is in baroque style,
the inside is in Renaissance style with the
presence of frescoes of Je-
sus good Shepherd, Saint Colombano
and Saint Antonio Maria Granelli.
Bibliographical sources:
- www.lavaltidone.it/vtcomuni.htm
- www.comune.cigognola.pv.it/old/it/storia_cultura/cultura/ruino.htm
- www.oltrepopavese.pv.it/oltrepo/risorseculturali/chiese
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MONTECALVO VERSIGGIA
THE PARISH OF SAINT ALESSANDRO
It is situated near the Castle of Montecalvo Versiggia.
The church presents a Baroque facade.
The inside is in a single aisle, with Greekcross plan and a Central Cupola, frescoed by the painter Carlo Morgani, that represents Our Lady of the Assumption and
the martyrdom of Saint Tarcisio.
The marble baptistery, the polychromatic
marble high altar, the marble altar of the
Crucifixion and the wooden altar are the
most interesting elements to admire in the
church.
- Fabrizio Bernini, Guida all’Oltrepo Pavese, Pime,
Pavia, 1989
by
Cinzia Pastore
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ROCCA DE’ GIORGI
SAINT MICHELE’S CHURCH
by
Katya Sabrina Loi
The church represents the parish of the
country and it has been founded in the XII
century. In the following centuries its form
had changed. The little church has a single aisle and a polychromatic marble high
altar. In the apse there is a neoclassic
wooden chorus. The ceiling is decorated
with various frescoes painted by Rodolfo
Gambini: the most important of them represent the Four Evangelists and the Virgin Mary’s enthronement.
The stone altar, which is dedicated to the
patron, the wooden crucifix and the Mother of Lourdes wooden statue represent
some elements of particular interest in the
interior of the church.
- Fabrizio Bernini, Guida all’Oltrepo Pavese, Pime, Pavia, 1989
- Historic and territorial research of the municipality of Rocca de’ Giorgi
- Article on the review Oltre: “Giallo Cadmio in
Valle Scuropasso - Villa Giorgi di Vistarino”
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S. MARIA DELLA VERSA
SAINT MARY’S NAME PARISH
The building of the Saint Mary’s Name
Church started in 1639 on the ancient
chapel dedicated to the Madonna of Versa. The church became parish just in
1940. The baroque facade presents some neoclassic elements and shows a
tympanum; it’s surmounted by three pinnacles. The church recalls the romanesque style. The bell tower is of simple architecture. The interior is in a single aisle
and the apse represents the ancient chapel of the Madonna of Versa. The majestic
altar of baroque style predominates. It
presents two golden columns and a picture of the Virgin of the XV century. The
tradition narrates that the hamlet took its
name from the sacred image. Some
paints of the painter Secchi, a neoclassic
altar surmounted from the Virgin and another altar dedicated to Saint Antonio are
very interesting elements to see. In the
right side it’s possible to admire a ligneous
statue of the Virgin in a niche. In the left
flank of the church we can find the marble
baptistery with cover in branch. On the rear wall there is a fresco of the Jesus’ baptism; over the fresco, there’s a statue of
the Christ made in chalk and contained in
niche.
Pavia, 1989
- www.cialombardia.org
by
Katya Sabrina Loi
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ROVESCALA
PARISH CHURCH OF VIRGIN MARY’S NATIVITY
by
Valentina Balma
The seventeenth-century church is dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. The church of Rovescala is characterised by baroque and renassaince styles. The bell tower is 45 metres high and
a lot cured in the details. The church is situated in the centre of Rovescala and
contains a splendid burlap collection of
1600. The organ, with its 865 organ-pipes, dates back to the 1700.
- www.rovescala.com
- APT Pavia, Guida alla provincia di Pavia,
ed. Verba&Scripta
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MONTESCANO
THE MISSAGA FOUNTAIN
Before Montescano, along the provincial
road, we can find the Missaga fountain,
from which the water of the homonym
wellspring flows out and can be drunk. It
was built in 1700. The name Missaga takes its origin from Missaglia, the name of
the first mayor of Montescano, who was
elected in 1861 after the Italy unification.
The fountain is considered an art work because of the presence of the valuable lion
heads, situated in the shelter of the taps.
It conserves a mysterious fascination.
Nowadays the Montescano inhabitants
think the water of the fountain is an elixir of
long life.
- www.comune.montescano.pv.it
- www.primacollina.it
by
Valentina Balma
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MONTESCANO
OLEVANO PALACE
by
Valentina Balma
It dates from XVIII century and it is characterised by neoclassic and baroque style.
The palace contains the Oratory of 1700
dedicated to Saint Luigi, in which you can
observe a worthy baroque marble altar.
In 1974 the palace became a private hal-
fway house, now famous in the whole
Lombardy.
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MONTESCANO
THE CHURCH OF THE
MADONNA OF CARAVAGGIO
The church is dedicated to the Madonna
of Caravaggio; it was erected in 1941 and
became parish in 1944. The external architecture is equivalent to the Piacenza’s
styles. The facade is covered with marble
slabs and divided into three parts.
The parish church is situated in the ham-
let Pozzolo, along the provincial road from
Stradella to Santa Maria della Versa.
- www.comune.montescano.pv.it
- www.valversaproduce.it
by
Valentina Balma
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MONTÙ BECCARIA
THE PARISH CHURCH
OF SAINT MICHELE THE ARCHANGEL
by
Valentina Balma
The church of Montù Beccaria is dedicated to Saint Michele the Archangel. The
origins of the parish date back to 1300, in
consequence of an ex-voto promise of
Manfredino Beccaria.
The facade is in nineteenth-century style.
In the medallion, situated over the portal,
the patron saint of the church is painted.
The building presents a single aisle, the
high altar is in baroque style. On the left
wall there are two oil paints, representing
The Jesus Nativity and Jesus between the
doctors of the temple painted by the ma-
ster Gaudenzio Ferrari. There are also
other interesting paints dated from 1600.
In 1800 the Saint Aureliano’s Oratory was
added to the church. The Saint Michele’s
parish is in the core of the small town
Montù Beccaria, at the Umberto I square.
- www.ristotravel.it
- www.comunemontubeccaria.it
- APT Pavia, Guida alla Provincia di Pavia,
ed. Verba&Scripta
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CANNETO PAVESE
SAINT MARCELLINO’S CHURCH
The Saint Marcellino’s church was erected in 1742 in Canneto Pavese. It’s called
“the dome of the hills” because it’s a big
building that overtops the Oltrepo Pavese
hills. The Saint Marcellino’s parish replaced the old church dated back to 1610.
At the start the parish was submitted to
the Diocese of Piacenza but in 1842 it
passed under the Diocese of Tortona.
The facade of the Saint Marcellino’s
church is span-roof.
The high altar is a splendid inlay work and
polychromatic marbles and lapis-lazuli
were employed for its creation. The Holy
Communion comes from a Benedictine
monastery of Cremona.
The church possesses an ancient organ,
manufactured by the brothers Lingiardi.
Two statues of Holy Mary and of Saint Josef, situated near the presbyter as well as
the balustrades, the baptistery and the lateral altar come from the old church. The
two aspersoriums are copies because the
originals were stolen.
The church has no rooms and a very
small sacristy. The space has been reduced further after the construction of the
chapel dedicated to the Madonna of the
Carmine, that is the patron saint of the
country. The church is in Canneto Pavese, along the street Della Chiesa.
- Personal archive of Don Soncina
by
Valentina Balma
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CANNETO PAVESE
SAINT ANTONIO’S WELL
by
Marco Minoia
The Saint Antonio’s well is in Località Malaspina, along the provincial road from
Stradella to Santa Maria della Versa. The
well is a manufacture with a brick wall.
In the past the well was testimony of many events of local families and nobles. In
1511 Giovanni Marco Arrigoni placed
over the well a plaque dedicated to Blessed Guarisca Arrigoni. In 1978 the plaque
was stolen.
- www.comune.cannetopavese.it
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STRADELLA
SAINT MARCELLO’S BASILICA AT MONTALINO
The Saint Marcello’s church, an example
of the romanesque art, was built on a previous church dated back to 1000. It’s built
completely in terracotta and sandstone
(typical material of this territory).
The facade has the typical span-roof romanesque shape and two single-lancet
windows.
The building presents three aisles and includes the major apse, typical of the romanesque churches. The columns which
divide the aisles are completely made of
terracotta. The inside conserves many
frescoes representing sacred scenes, dated back to 1300: on the major apse you
can see the polychromatic paint The Madonna surrounded by the Saints, there
are some other frescoes in the left apse
and along the aisle. The church is near
Cascina Rocca.
- www.comune.stradella.pv.it
- www.turismo.provincia.pv.it
ed. Verba&Scripta
by
Valentina Balma
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STRADELLA
CHURCH OF VERGINE ASSUNTA
AND OF THE SAINTS NABORRE AND FELICE
by
Valentina Balma
The church of Vergine Assunta and of the
Saints Naborre and Felice was erected by
the inhabitants of Stradella in 1491.
In 1837 it was restructured and only the
presbytery and the trasept zone remained
unchanged from the original building (the
transept is a transversal aisle that intersects the presbytery, the central aisle and
the other aisles).
In 1671 the Crypt of the Scurolo was
created; in the crypt there are marble altars dated back to XVII century. In the chapel underground there is the paint of Ma-
donna of Milk or Vergine Assunta, created
by the local painter Borroni.
In the church there are a wooden chorus
of the XVIII century and an organ dated
back to 1797.
The church is in Stradella, at Veneto Street 30.
ed. Verba&scripta
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STRADELLA
SOCIAL THEATRE
The Social Theatre of Stradella is a building in neoclassic style. It was built between 1846 and 1849. The planning has
been entrusted to Giovanbattista Chiappa
and the theatre was inaugurated in 1850.
In 1949 it has been proclaimed national
monument.
The facade is neoclassic and presents a
low-relief representing an allegory of the
theatre.
The structure of the theatre has been
conceived with three orders of theatre boxes and horse iron shape stalls. The stage is on the ground floor and is enriched
with a splendid handmade curtain of
1844 that represents a scene of the Alessandro Manzoni’s novel Promessi Sposi.
The theatre is in the centre of Stradella, in
via Ammiraglio Luigi Faravelli.
For information about the programming
you have to call the following telephone
numbers: 0385/246569 or the fax number 0385/43590.
- www.lombardiacultura.it
by
Valentina Balma
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STRADELLA
CIVIC TOWER
by
Marco Minoia
The civic tower, a part of an ancient castle
of the late Middle Age, had endured many damages during the napoleon age and
was destroyed in 1845.
It is squared plan and in its upper part you
can observe an ornament with machicolation and battlements, probably added in
the XV century, whereas the bell cell is nineteenth-century.
The tower is in the centre of the town, at
Vittorio Veneto square.
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BRONI
BASILICA OF SAINT PIETRO THE APOSTLE
The Basilica of Saint Pietro the Apostle
has an ancient origin: an inscription of the
V century shows that in that period an
oratory was already existent. In the XI century the ecclesiastical structure became
parish church, with a fifth-century shape
in three aisles. In the XVI century it’s possible that Bramante had studied the building of the new church, but his students
Bernardino and Angelo Lonati completed
the basilica in 1547.
The church was decorated in 1600. The
first work was the stucco of the chapel of
the Saint Rosary in 1607.
In 1610 the artist Bernardino Tassinari frescoed the church with figures inspired to
the mysteries of the Saint Rosary.
The canvass representing The Battle of
Lepanto, inserted in the chapel of the Madonna of the Rosary, is very famous and
worthy. The chapel dedicated to Saint
Contardo, decorated after the middle of
1600 with paints representing the life of
the Saint Patron of Broni, represents ano-
ther symbol of the church. A valuable
paint is The martyrdom of Saint Pietro near the chorus.
In 1821 the altar of Saint Contardo was
renewed by the architect Amati.
The bell tower was modified in 1671. The
basilica is famous moreover to have accommodated the translation of the body
of Saint Contardo D’Este, whose relics
were locked up in a valuable wooden urn,
entire carved by hand.
In the basilica there are many manuscripts
and sacred garments.
The basilica of Saint Pietro is situated in
the centre of Broni, at Saint Francesco of
Assisi square.
- www.comune.broni.pv.it
- Personal archive of Mr. Baldi, President of the
Archeologic Group of Broni
- www.mtvlombardia.com
- www.ristotravel.com
- www.miapavia.it
- www.saporiestagioni.it
- www.provincia.pv.it
by
Valentina Balma
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BRONI
CHAPEL OF SAINT CONTARDO
by
Valentina Balma
The hill behind Broni was dedicated to
Saint Contardo by the population. On the
top of the hill a chapel has been built; in
the inside we find one polychromatic statue representing the protecting saint.
Along the way that leads to the church 12
stations of the Via Crucis are collocated;
each station contains a statue representing a shape of the “passion of Christ”; all
the sculptures were made by the artist
Grilli.
From the Chapel the panorama is very
beautiful. The Saint Contardo’s Hill is rich
in native flowers creating striking chromatic effects.
- Diocese of Tortona
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BRONI
THE CHAPEL OF THE MADONNA OF RIO FRATE
The Chapel was edified thanks to the population in 1667. The building has been
modified many times: the arcade has been added in 1854 and in 1871 the construction has been magnified. The ancient
chapel has been completely reconstructed in 1912. This place of cult is situated
along the road from Broni to the wellspring
of Recoaro; it’s goal of numerous local pilgrims who stop themselves to pray and to
ignite votive candles to the Madonna.
by
Valentina Balma
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BRONI
SAINT MARTA’S CHURCH
by
Valentina Balma
The Church of Saint Marta has been erected around 1300 from the faithful people
of Broni, in the place where Saint Contardo died in 1249.
In 1700 the bell tower was added to the
original construnction; in 1800 a statue of
Saint Marta was positioned in the upper
part of the bell tower.
In the inside of the structure there are so-
me works of local artists as, for example,
Borroni. The most important paints of the
church are his works. The Saint Marta’s
Church is situated in the centre of Broni,
near Piazza Saint Francesco d’Assisi.
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CASTANA
SAINT ANDREA’S PARISH CHURCH
The history of the Saint Andrea’s Church
is already mentioned in some reports of
1336 and old documents prove that this
church belonged to the parish of Canevino.
The original plan had a single aisle; in
1800 it was completely remodelled, widening the structure with two other aisles.
In the right aisle there are some marble
votive altars. The first altar is dedicated to
the sacred heart, the second is dedicated
to Blessed Virgin Mary. In this part of the
aisle there are frescoed medallions with
sacred elements.
The aisle ends with the major altar, a beautiful polychromatic marble inlay work.
Around the major altar we can find the
wooden chorus. The vault that dominates
the presbyterial zone has been completely frescoed in the 1954 and four high relieves - representing Saint Giuseppe, the
Annunciation, Saint Rita and the Deposition - are present in the sidewalls. Another
valuable work is the oil paint of the XVII
century representing Saint Carlo Borromeo.
An organ dominates the entry portal.
In 1927 the bell tower was pull down and
then rebuilt.
The parish of Saint Andrea is situated on
a little hill near Castana.
- www.comune.castana.pv.it
- www.buttafuocostorico.it
by
Valentina Balma
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CASTAGNARA - PIETRA DE’ GIORGI
THE PARISH CHURCH
OF SAINT MARIA ASSUNTA
by
Valentina Balma
The history of the temple, a kind of legend, began in 1295, when the noble
Meteliano built a fortification near Castagnara and the church dedicated to Blessed Virgin Mary because a kind of ex-voto. Meteliano, while he was prayig for his
sick son’s healing in a Chestnuts wood,
had heard the Virgin's voice that cheered
him up about the healing of his son. The
son was saved and Meteliano believed
the chestnuts wood, scene of its personal
miracle, was bless and there decided to
build a church dedicated to Saint Maria
Assunta.
The church became parish at the end of
the XV century.
The original structure of the church was
enlarged and the bell tower was built in
1692. The construction of the church ended in 1731.
The parish of Castagnara became an important centre of cult in 1579 for the population of Pietra De’ Giorgi, who after have been saved from the pest, erected a
chapel dedicated to Saint Antonio the Abbot.
The most interesting part of this church is
represented by the Roman marble busts
situated in the external wall, dated back
from 1st century.
The most valuable niche dates back from
1749 and accommodates the wooden
statue of the Assumed Madonna.
The major altar is made in red marble of
Verona, as the balustrades.
The pulpit in wood is completely hand
made.
The church of the Blessed Virgin is in Castagnara; the oratory of Our Lady of Sorrows, erected in the XVII century, is annexed to the church.
- www.comune.pietradegiorgi.pv.it
- Alessandro Cerioli , Pietra de’ Giorgi nell’Oltrepo
Pavese e dintorni, Ristampa anastatica del centenario (1907-2007), a cura del Comune di Pietra de‚ Giorgi e della Fondazione Comunitaria
Provincia di Pavia
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VICOMUNE · CIGOGNOLA
SAINT ROCCO’S CHURCH
The parish of Vicomune already existed in
1518 as oratory.
The church is dedicated to Saint Rocco
and in 1625 here many religious services for sick and people had been celebrated.
The parish of Saint Rocco was enlarged in
1943. It’s situated in Vicomune, not far
from the centre of Cigognola.
- www.comune.cigognola.pv.it
by
Valentina Balma
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CIGOGNOLA
PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT BERNARDO ABATE
by
Valentina Balma
The church dates back to 1623, when the
noble family Visconti Scaramuzza asked
to the Vaticano the construction of a
church. As a consequence of the approval of the Pope Urbano VII, the building of
the parish church began.
In the first part of 1700 the church was
modified, enlarged and the bell tower was
added to it.
In the inside there are paints of local artists: the painter of Genoa Giovanni Evangelista Draghi realized in the 17th century
the oil shovel representing the Virgin Mary
with angels and saints. Along the lateral
walls there are valuable marble altars.
The church is in the centre of the hamlet
Cigognola, at Ugo Giorgi Street n. 2.
Saint Bernardo’s celebration takes place
on the 20th august.
- www.comune.cigognola.pv.it
- www.ristotravel.com
- APT Pavia, Guida alla Provincia di Pavia,
ed. Verba&Scripta
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TORRICELLA VERZATE
PASSION SANCTUARY
The church dedicated to the Virgin’s Nativity is situated on a volcanic hillock. In
Middle Age, before the sacred construction was erected, a castle existed here.
The building of the temple began in 1764
and ended in 1770. The church has been
remodelled many times but the external
architecture remained the same, built in
baroque style. The 14 stations of Via Crucis were created in the square of the
church in 1780. Every station is a baroque chapel that accommodates plaster
and ceramic statues, hand made by the
sculptor Pietro Ferroni, representing the
Jesus’ Passion.
In the canonical there is an ivory and nacre Crucifix that dates back to 1700.
From the “Torre Saracena” was possible
to reach directly the Scala Santa; the basis of this construction in fact rests upon
Saint earth carried from Palestine by the
Templar Knights. The Sanctuary is in the
centre of the town Torricella Verzate, at
Centro street.
- www.miapavia.it
- www.lombardiainrete.it
- www.santuari.it
- www.liutprand.it
by
Valentina Balma
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CASTEGGIO
PARISH CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART
by
Valentina Balma
The construction of the church began in
1937 and ended in 1941.
The Architect Cesare Paleni was inspired
by the romanesque model.
The inside of the church is in three aisles,
divided from central columns in romanesque style.
The church is rich in marbles (which the
floor, the columns and the aspersoriums
are made of) but the major altar is of granite.
The aisles are enriched with paints representing the stations of the Via Crusis. The
presbyterial area and the apse are completely frescoed with sacred images.
A wooden Crucifix dominates the major
altar and the altars in the lateral transepts
are very interesting. In the right transept
there is the Saint Giuseppe’s altar, domi-
nated by the marble statue of the Saint;
not far from it you can observe the Maria
Ausiliatrice’s altar and statue.
The marble altar of the Sacred Heart is situated in the left transept, dominated from
a wooden statue of the Saviour.
An important part of the church is dedicated to the war memorial, that contains the
fallen remains of the wars. There you can
see a particular collection of the waters
coming from the rivers which were theatre
of the First World War battles.
The church is situated in the centre of Casteggio.
- www.comune.casteggio.pv.it
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CASTEGGIO
MARTYR SAINT PIETRO’S PARISH CHURCH
The parish church rises in the high part of
Casteggio, at Piazza del Pistornile.
The ecclesiastical construction was built
on a pre-existing structure in 1817. The
facade is enriched with travertine slabs.
The bell tower is in romanesque and gothic style.
The right aisle is composed by many altars: the first is dedicated to Virgin Mary;
the second is dedicated to Saint Giuseppe, whereas the last one to the Martyr
Saint Pietro.
The vault dominating the aisle is frescoed
with sacred imagines.
The major altar dates back from XVIII century; it is situated at the end of the aisle,
and is dominated by a little marble temple.
The left aisle begins with the Madonna of
the Rosary’s chapel which has a worthy
marble altar.
The second chapel is dedicated to the
Madonna of Lourdes.
In 1826 the chorus was added. Over the
entry portal the organ of the Brothers Lingiardi has been collocated.
The baptistery is in polychromatic marble.
The sacristy is in fifteenth-century style
A romanesque slab is present in the canonical wall.
- www.turismo.it
by
Valentina Balma
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CASTEGGIO
SAINT SEBASTIANO’S CHURCH
by
Valentina Balma
The Church, erected in 1570, in the origin
was dedicated to the SS. Trinity, but in
1590 was entitled to Saint Sebastiano.
The facade was modified in 1767 in baroque style. The medallion over the entry
portal has been attributed to the Parmigianino laboratory.
In the inside there are two lateral altars,
the first one in marble, dedicated to Saint
Carlo Borromeo, the other one, in stucco,
dedicated to the Immaculate Virgin.
Two plaster statues of Saint Sebastiano
and Saint Gaetano, had been collocated
in the church; the wooden statue of Saint
Carlo Borromeo, skirted by gold, has also
a great artistic worth.
The wooden chorus dates back from
1700; the paints representing Saint Sebastiano, Saint Rocco, the Trinity and the Virgin Mary, are perfectly conserved and date from the same age. The church is situated in the high part of Casteggio, at
Castello street.
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CALVIGNANO
SAINT CARLO’S PARISH CHURCH
by
Katia Sabrina Loi
The church of Saint Carlo has been totally rebuilt in 1844 on the rests of the ancient sacred construction.
In the inside it presents a single aisle, in
the presbytery it’s possible to admire an
eighteenth-century oil paint, representing
the Sacred Family. The wooden Baptistery and pulpit are very interesting art works.
In the right side we find the Saint Giovanni Bosco’s altar with an oil altarpiece, painted by Carlo Morgani in 1947.
In the paint we find the Saint encircled by
farmers and soldiers.
In 1986 and in the following years some
restorations have been executed.
Pavia, 1989
- Fabrizio Bernini, Calvignano sui colli vitati
dell’Oltrepo Pavese, 2002
- Archivio storico del Comune di Calvignano
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BORGORATTO MORMOROLO
THE PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT CORNELIO
AND SAINT CIPRIANO
The parish church of Borgoratto Mormorolo, rising on a little hill, conserves important art works. On the wall of the bell tower there is a little white marble head coming from a statue of the Roman Imperial
Age, found in an excavation not far from
the church. A seventeenth - century wooden statue, very valuable, is also present.
The structure was restructured in romanesque style seventy years ago.
In the posterior part of the church some
little fragments of the ancient romanesque
church had been walled.
The inside has a single richly adorned aisle, with frescoes of the painter Rodolfo
Gambini from Alessandria.
- www.gal-oltrepo.it/comuni.php?cid=4
- www.miapavia.it/articolo.cfm?id=4734
by
Alessandro Poggi
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MONTEBELLO DELLA BATTAGLIA
THE PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT GERVASIO
AND SAINT PROTASIO
by
Valentina Balma
The first news about the parish dedicated
to Saint Gervasio and Saint Protasio date
at 1094.
In a first time the church was managed by
the friars of the religious order of Saint Benedetto, then by the hermits of Saint Gerolamo.
The basis of the bell tower is romanesque, whereas the facade is in baroque
style. Some statues of Saints have been
collocated on the top of the church.
The SS. Gervasio and Protasio’s parish is
situated in Montebello della Battaglia, at
Italia Square.
- Personal Mr. Piacentini’s archive
- Giulietti, Storia di Casteggio, ed. Campi
- Archive of Diocese of Piacenza
- Mancinelli, il Pavese Montano,
ed. Tipografia popolare
ed. Verba&Scripta
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MONTEBELLO DELLA BATTAGLIA
OSSUARY MONUMENT
On the heights between Montebello and
Genestrello, on the 20th may 1859 a war
battle involved the Austrian faction against
the French one. As a result of the conflict
for independence, the population wanted
to render homage to the fallen erecting
the Ossuary monument that was completed in 1884 by the hands of the sculptor
Pozzi. The monument line is classic: its
form is inspired to the style of the ancient
Greek temples. The columns and the flo-
or are in marble. On the top of the monument there is a feminine statue representing the rising Italy.
The fallen Ossuary is at the national road
10 to Casteggio. Every year, on the 20th
may, a solemn celebration takes place to
remember the war and the fallen.
- www.lombardiainrete.it
- www.provincia.pv.it
by
Valentina Balma
40
GENESTRELLO
SAINT MARY’S CHURCH
by
Valentina Balma
The church has its origin in 1625. Beside
the entry portal there’s a panel representing the escutcheon of the local noble family of Marchesi Lunati.
In 1859 a bomb of the Austrian Army crashed into the west wall without damaging
the church.
- Report of Casteggio Parsonage (1989)
- Report of Montebello Parsonage (sec XIX)
- Relport of the Diocese of Tortona (1817 - 1989)
- Mr. Piacentini’s personal archive
- Giulietti, Storia di Casteggio, ed. Campi
- Mancinelli, il Pavese Montano,
ed. Tipografia Popolare
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TORRAZZA COSTE
SAINT ANTONINO’S CHURCH
It is the most ancient church of the Diocese of Tortona. It’s situated in the South of
Torrazza Coste, and it’s dedicated to Saint
Antonino, a Roman soldier, that endured
the martyrdom on the 4th July 304 a.D. in
Travo, a hamlet near Piacenza.
The Saint became the Patron of Piacenza.
Sigfrido, Bishop of Piacenza, sent to many churches the relics of the Saint. The
church of Torrazza Coste received some
relics of Saint Antonino too.
The building of the new church of Torrazza Coste finished in 1584. It is in Romanesque style with a single aisle, which is
14 metres long and 6 metres large. A fresco of Saint Antonino dominates the only
entry door of the church. In the right side
of the church there are a little wooden pulpit and two niches which contain a statue
of Our Lady of Sorrows and of the dead
Jesus. In the left side we can observe the
Baptistery and two altars in little chapels
dedicated to Saint Antonio from Padova
and to Immaculate Lady. In the posterior
part of the church we can admire the presbytery with the white marble major altar
(which dates back from 1906) and a little
chorus dominated from an eighteen-century little organ.
The bell tower, 14 meter high, dominates
the North side of the church.
The construction of the sacristy dates
back to 1765.
- Angelo Marini, Storia di Torrazza Coste (torricastelli- parrocchie) II edizione, Giugno 1982
by
Cinzia Pastore
42
CODEVILLA
SANTUARY OF PONTASSO
by
Cinzia Pastore
The little hamlet of Pontasso belongs to
the Municipality of Codevilla. It’s important
for its ancient Oratory dated back from VI
century, mentioned between the national
monuments. A legend on the origin of this
ancient Oratory tells that during the historical siege of Pavia (569-572), a young
soldier got lost; he was desperate and he
made vote to Virgin Mary that if he had
found the back way he would have built a
chapel in honour of the Virgin.
After have made the vote, a beautiful wo-
man appeared him and indicated him the
right way to follow in order to exit from that
place.
In the inside of the chapel there are splendid frescoes and symbols remembering
the Beccaria’s Family.
At the present time the Oratory is 10 meters long and 4 meters large and presents
only one entry door.
- Angelo Marini, Storia di Torrazza Coste, 1982
43
CODEVILLA
ORATORY OF MONTÙ-MONDONDONE
The Oratory of Montù-Mondondone is a
little and simple church with a single aisle.
The altar presents a fresco, representing
the praying Virgin.
Pavia, 1989.
by
Cinzia Pastore
44
CODEVILLA
SAINT BERNARDO’S PARISH
by
Cinzia Pastore
The parish takes its origin from the restyling of the original construction, a small
oratory, begun in 1789. Now the church
has an imposing neoclassic bell tower.
The building is recovered by marble travertine, and presents a big entry pronaos
with six marble rose columns. A big organ, which has been realized by the brothers Serassi, dominates the entry. The
church has a single aisle finishing with a
major altar in baroque style with a little
temple, realized with polychromatic marble.
On the major altar there is a little moon, representing the Virgin Mary and the Rosary Group, with Saint Caterina and Saint
Domenico, which is a work of Dario Grandi from Milan.
Every side of the church has two altars: in
the right side there is an altar dedicated to
Madonna of the Rosary and followed by
the Sacred Heart’s altar; in the left side
you can see an altar dedicated to the Immaculate Madonna and another one to
Saint Antonio from Padova.
The furniture of the sacristy is very valuable, with a paint of the ligure school, representing Saint Pio V.
- Fabrizio Bernini, Guida all’Oltrepo Pavese, Pime, Pavia, 1989.
45
RETORBIDO
SAINT ANDREA’S CHURCH
The Saint Andrea’s Church is situated
along the street which connects Retorbido to Spinosa, one of its small hamlets.
The construction dates back from the eighteen- century.
The facade is made of stone and brick. In
the zone of the apse the bell tower, made
of bricks, is erected. The inside has a single aisle and a terracotta floor and is provided with a wooden chorus of the seventeenth century.
A fresco representing the Virgin between
Saint Andrea and Saint Martino, painted
by Legnani in 1853, dominates the wooden chorus.
In the middle of the church there is the
grey marble altar, dominated by a little
temple with three columns. In the right si-
de of the altar and in the left side of the
entry we can admire two Crucifixes, and a
white stone dedicated to the people died
during the cholera pestilence from 1827
to 1867.
It’s possible to admire the little paints of
the Via Crucis, a work of Don Pollarolo of
1982, representing Christ going to the
Calvary.
The church was completely restructured
in 1983.
- Fabrizio Bernini, Guida all’Oltrepo Pavese, Pime, Pavia, 1989.
- Giuseppe Polimeni - Fabrizio Bernini, Retorbido
nella valle del Rile, Storia Paesaggi Racconti,
Editore Guardamagna Varzi, 1995.
by
Cinzia Pastore
46
RETORBIDO
SAINT ROCCO’S CHURCH
by
Cinzia Pastore
The Saint Rocco’s Oratory was erected in
Retorbido in eighteenth century as a consequence of a vote made for the end of
the pestilence.
The church presents a neoclassic facade
with four pilasters supporting the tympanum.
In the middle, on the entry portal, there’s
an oval representing the Virgin Mary.
The inside of the church is simple and striking: there are a terracotta floor and an altar, dated back to 1983, made of marble
and brick.
An oil paint representing Saint Rocco and
Saint Sebastiano adoring the Virgin Mary,
dated back from eighteen century, is situated behind the altar.
In 1995 the local government disposed
the amelioration of the external side with
the addiction of a seventeenth-century
well and a good well-groomed garden.
- Fabrizio Bernini, Guida all’Oltrepo Pavese, Pime, Pavia 1984.
nella valle del Rile Storia Paesaggi Racconti,
Editore Guardamagna, Varzi, 1995
47
RETORBIDO
PARISH OF THE VIRGIN MARY’S NATIVITY
The little parish church of Retorbido is situated at Salita Durazzo street. It was initially dedicated to the Madonna of Rosary, then to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
and became parish church in the seventeenth century.
The construction, which has one of the
most beautiful bell towers of the territory,
presents a neoclassic facade; it was realized in 1882 with Liberty elements. The
facade also presents two minor decorated doors.
In the inside the portal is dominated by a
wooden structure accommodating the
Organ, realized by Guglielmo Bianchi from
Novi.
The inside of the church is structured with
three aisles with terracotta floor; the illumination is guarantee by the precence of
two big windows, decorated with Saint
Andrea and Saint Rocco’s lives scenes. In
the left you can see the entry of the an-
cient Baptistery, contained by a small
wrought iron gate.
In the left aisle the Saint Antonio’s Altar dominates, provided with Baptistery in local
stone, containing a paint of Saint Francesco e Saint Eurasia.
The right aisle is dominated by the marble
altar dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows,
situated in a black marble niche. The polychromatic marble of the major altar is
striking. The wooden chorus behind the
altar is made in classic style; in the right side we can admire a paint of the Immaculate Madonna whereas on the left side
there is the Nativity paint. Around the altar
there are two statues representing Saint
Rita e Saint Giovanni.
nella valle del Rile storia paesaggi racconti,
Guardamagna, Varzi 1995
by
Cinzia Pastore
48
RETORBIDO
SAINT GEROLAMO’S ORATORY
by
Cinzia Pastore
The Oratory of Saint Gerolamo rises in the
high part of Garlazzolo, hamlet near Retorbido; it has been built by the noble family
Giorgi Barzizza from Pavia, in seventeenth
century.
The facade accommodates the coat of
arms of the noble family and was built with
typical local sandstone. The oratory is
characterised by a neoclassic perspective; the inside is composed by a single aisle, the stone and chalk altar, preceded
by a baluster.
In the church we can admire a paint of
Our Lady of Sorrows.
Some of the gravestones of the church
remember the family Negrotto Cambiaso,
the old owner of the oratory.
Subsequently the property of the oratory
passed to the family Cattaneo Adorno
Giustiniani.
nella valle del Rile storia paesaggi racconti,
Guardamagna, Varzi 1995
49
RIVANAZZANO
SAINT GIOVANNI BATTISTA’S PARISH CHURCH
The parish church dedicated to Saint Giovanni Battista rises on the high part of the
hill Nazzano. It dates back to thirteenth
century, but in 1779 a fire destroyed it so
it was rebuilt in 1825 with a planning of
the architect of Genoa Brignone.
The church has one nave; the contrast
between the simple neoclassic facade
and the inner ceiling, richly frescoed with
light colors, is very interesting.
The major altar is simple; the Chapel dedicated to Saint Carlo Borromeo is very
valuable and dates back from eighteenth
century.
Another valuable paint represents the decapitation of Saint Giovanni Battista.
- Article of review Oltre: “La torre solitaria di Nazzano”
- Map of Salice Terme, Godiasco and Rivanazzano,
- Map and historic elements of Rivanazzano,
Cartografia topografica pavese
- Graphic Creation, Lungo il Po, Archivio di Itinerari, Editore Grafiche Lama, Piacenza
- www.termedirivanazzano.it
by
Katya Sabrina Loi
50
ROCCA SUSELLA
SAINT ZACCARIA’S PARISH
by
Alessandro Poggi
The Saint Zaccaria’s parish is situated in
Giarone, a hamlet in the territory of Rocca
Susella.
It was built in the eleventh century in romanesque lombard style. During the centuries the church endured many changes
and restorations. Some documents certify the existence of the church already in
1198. Still in 1700 the parishes of Saint
Eusebio, Montesegale, Sanguignano,
Saint Giovanni di Piumesana, Groppo,
Susella e Godiasco depended from Saint
Zaccaria’s parish.
The possession of the church passed to
different noble families. The last one family that had the right to name the clergy assigned to the church was the family Gam-
barana. In 1806 it was declassed and
then lost its consecration. Only in 1964
the restoration of the church began.
Now the facade presents alternate brick
and sandstone strips. The portal presents
some arcades dominated by a double
mullion window. The interior of the church
has one nave and two aisles.
The sandstone columns show fighting
beasts, human heads and a mermaid with
two tails.
- www.oltrepopavese.it/arte/chiese.html
- www.parrocchie.it
- www.gal-oltrepo.it
- http://civita.lombardiastorica.it
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GODIASCO
SAINT SIRO’S PARISH CHURCH
It was erected in 1935 according to the
project of the Architect Giuseppe Rosso.
It was made in pure gothic lombard style,
but it was also influenced by the romanesque style.
The facade is made of red bricks and presents three entries decorated with the
paints of Christo, Saint Bernardo and
Saint Siro, Saint Marziano.
The church has a high and imposing bell
tower, which contains some bells, coming
from Varese, dedicated to the Madonna
of the Guard, to Saint Siro and Saint Bernardo.
The internal is made by three naves, divided by two lines of columns, which end in
gothic arcs and cross vault.
The floor is in worthy pink marble whereas
the main altar is in polychrome marble. On
the right of the main altar you can observe the chapel dedicated to the Virgin, with
her wooden and golden statue, which comes from the old Saint Siro’s church.
A striking altar dedicated to Saint Reparata, painted by Luigi Gambini, fills in the
right aisle. At the opposite side you can
see the altar of the Sacred Heart, made of
marble coming from Verona and Carrara,
which shows a shovel representing the
Saviour and decorated by Gambini.
The church facade is decorated with beautiful polychrome glass windows that represent some scenes of Jesus’ life. The
carved pulpit and the 14 tables of the Via
Crucis are other elements of artistic value.
- Biblioteca Civica Comunale Godiasco e Salice
Terme, Godiasco e il suo Territorio, Tipografia
Successori Bizzoni, Pavia, 1996
by
Katya Sabrina Loi
52
GODIASCO
SAINT SIRO’S ANCIENT CHURCH
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, OF LOCAL WOOD
AND MINERALOGY
by
Katya Sabrina Loi
The church dates back from sixteenth
century and was built on the rests of an
ancient church.
It’s near the Palace Malaspina- Pedemonti, at Cagnoni Place, and it’s dedicated to
Saint Siro and Saint Reparata.
The bell tower isn’t slender. The facade is
in typical romanesque style. In 1561 it
was magnified and connected with the
Palace Malaspina- Pedemonti.
At the origin, in the interior of the palace,
there were many paints representing the
Saints. The paints were transported to the
parish church of Saint Siro and Saint Reparata.
The church has been closed for forty years because of its precarious structural
conditions. Today, after the restoration,
the church has become a museum of
contemporary art, of local wood and of
mineralogy; it was inaugurated in October
2005.
The museum contains 50 paints of the
painter Giovanni Nocaresio, an important
citizen of Godiasco. In the museum there
is a wood and stone collection of the Staffora valley, realized by Guido Percivati.
Around the altar there are some lithographs made by Luciano Trevisan. For information and visits please call the telephone number 0383/94141 of the Municipality of Godiasco or send an e-mail to:
protocollo@ comune.godiasco.pv.it.
- Carla Mazzarello - Article of the newspaper “Il
Secolo XIX” of the 10th august 1997
- Biblioteca Civica Comunale Godiasco e Salice
Terme, Godiasco e il suo Territorio, Tipografia
Successori Bizzoni, Pavia, 1996
- Article of Review Oltre: “Palazzo Malaspina di
Godiasco - una casa che canta il Seicento”
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SALICE TERME · GODIASCO
THE VIRGIN MARY’S NATIVITY CHURCH
AND THE PARISH CHURCH OF CRISTUS THE KING
The Virgin Mary’s Nativity church dates
back to 12th century and was property of
the noble Family Gatti. The facade presents a fourteenth-century fresco representing the Virgin Mary with the Child. The
parish church of Christ the King was erected in 1939. It presents a modern architecture, a little prone in the facade, a sin-
gle aisle in the interior and, around the
chorus, windows which surfaces are decorated by modern scenes of the Holy Bible.
Pavia, 1989
by
Katya Sabrina Loi
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CECIMA
SAINT MARTINO AND LAZZARO’S CHURCH
by
Alessandro Poggi
The parish church is made in last gothic
style and is dedicated to Saint Martino
and Saint Lazzaro. The actual construction was gained from the pre-existent romanesque structure, dated back to 1479
and built for will of the cardinal Jacopo
Ammanati Piccolomini. The original structure of the 12th century has collapsed.
Just the bell tower and the facade have
remained intact and are still visible today.
The facade presents a wonderful portal in
terracotta, a central rose-window and external and inner friezes. The church also
presents important artistic elements as for
example the fresco representing the Madonna with the Child. The church dominates a wonderful panoramic square, from
which you can admire the Mount Penice,
the Mount Boglelio and the Staffora River.
-http://www.oltrepopavese.com/arte/chiese.html
- www.parrocchie.it
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SAN PONZO · PONTE NIZZA
THE CHURCH OF SAINT PONZO SEMOLA
The parish church of Saint Ponzo dates
back from 11th century, but only a part of
the bell tower and of the walls remain of
the original and old construction. The
church contains a chapel that conserves
the Saint Ponzo’s relics. Saint Ponzo moved to Staffora Valley in the III century after
Christ, and lived as a hermit in a cave not
far from the actual hamlet of Semola.
The Saint is also remembered with a sta-
tue on the altar of the right chapel and by
a fresco in the apse.
- Alla scoperta della Comunità Montana dell’Oltrepo Pavese - guida turistico-culturale, a cura
della Comunità Montana Oltrepo Pavese, Linotipia Stella, Voghera
by
Alessandro Poggi
56
PONTE NIZZA
SAINT ALBERTO FROM BUTRIO’S EREMY
by
Alessandro Poggi
The hermitage of Saint Alberto from Butrio is situated in the territory of Ponte Nizza. The abbey was founded by the Saint
Alberto, that in 1030 went to live alone in
the little valley Borrione, where a little
chapel dedicated to him has been erected. Saint Alberto recovered miraculously
the mute son of the noble Casasco who
erected the church to celebrate the
Saint.
After Saint Alberto’s dead, the hermitage
became more and more famous and the
abbey became the most important religious centre of Oltrepo Pavese, but in the
57
following years the abbey decayed and lived alternate vicissitudes.
The hermitage has three churches and a
chapel: the Saint Maria’s church, founded
by Saint Alberto; the Saint Antonio’s
church, completely frescoed; the chapel
of the Saint Jesus Christ; at the end the
Saint Alberto’s church, where the saint’s
relics are conserved.
- www.parrocchie.it
58
VARZI
CAPPUCCINI’S CHURCH
by
Alessandro Poggi
The Church of Cappuccini Friars was the
first parish erected in Staffora Valley, built
as a consequence of the Saint Germano’s
passage through Varzi in the fifth Century.
The original church was completely substituted by a romanesque style building in
1300.
The church remained parish until the year
1594, when the present parish of Saint
Germano was inaugurated. After a period
of decadence, in 1623 the Cappuccini
Friars took the control of the church and
added it a new construction in baroque
style: the abbey.
In 1802 they abandoned the church, because of the French soldiers’ siege, and
the church became a farmers’ home. In
1903 the Cappuccini resumed the possession of the church and restructured it
because it was heavily damaged.
Today the church relives the ancient
splendour of the Middle Age and presents
a facade of romanesque style, made of
terracotta in the superior part and of local
stone strips in the other part. The most
important art work of the church is the fresco of the Annunciation.
- A.A.V.V., Thesaurus Montanus, I beni architettonici e artistici della Comunità Montana Oltrepo
Pavese, Torchio de’ Ricci, Certosa di Pavia,
2003
- www.varziviva.net
- www.parrocchie.it
- www.comune.varzi.pv.it
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NIVIONE · VARZI
SAINT MARCELLINO’S CHURCH
by
Alessandro Poggi
The Saint Marcellino’s church is situated
in Nivione. The first news of the church
dated back from 1500. In the church you
can find a very valuable wall paint representing the Madonna with Christ the
Child. Some similar paints have been
found in Saint Albertos’ Abbey and in the
little church of Sanboneto.
- www.oltrepopavese.com/arte/chiese.html
- www.varziviva.net
- www.parrocchie.it
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CELLA DI VARZI
THE TEMPLE OF BROTHERHOOD
The story of this church is connected to
the First World War: in the fifties a veteran
military chaplain came back to his native
hamlet, Cella of Varzi, to build a church by
using the ruins, the armies and the objects derived from the war to remember
people the horrors of the war and make
them rediscovered the brotherhood between men.
He presented his project to Angelo Roncalli (the future pope Giovanni XXIII) who
decided to help him and sent to Cella the
first rock of the building. Many rocks has
come from many other cities symbols of
the war: Berlino, Dresda, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, El-Alamein...
For example the city of Milan has sent so-
me pinnacles of the Domme, fallen as a
consequence of the bombardment of the
1943.
Many rests of military ships, cannons, military bombers, composed the internal
and the external part of the church.
Veteran associations of the whole world,
public authorities, schools, journalists, Italian people from abroad have contributed
to the creation of this particular Temple of
Brotherhood.
- www.varziviva.net
- www.comune.varzi.pv.it
by
Alessandro Poggi
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BOSMENSO · VARZI
SAINT GIORGIO’S CHURCH
by
Alessandro Poggi
In Bosmenso you can find a little, ancient
and valuable church, made in romanesque style, with a decorated sandstone
portal. The age of construction dates
back to 12th-13th century.
In the interior of it we can admire some valuable paints representing Saint Giorgio
and the Virgin Mary dated back from 17th
century.
- www.varziviva.net/bosmenso.htm
- www.vallestaffora.info
- www.gal-oltrepo.it/comuni.php?cid=20
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SOMEGLIO · BRALLO DI PREGOLA
SAINTS PROTASIO AND GERVASIO’S ORATORY
The Oratory of Saint Protasio and Saint
Gervasio is in Someglio, a hamlet of the
Municipality of Brallo di Pregola. The building of the church dates back from the
12th century and it was erected by the
Malaspina family.
The bell tower is in valuable romanesque
style.
On the whole the construction has conserved the original structure: the interior
has a single aisle, the floor and the altar
are made of stone. The baptistery and the
worthy paint representing the Gervasio
and Protasio Saints are on the left wall of
the church.
- www.parrocchie.it
by
Alessandro Poggi

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