Santa Maria Assunta, Calcinate
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Santa Maria Assunta, also dedicated to San Vittore, is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic parish church located in the town of Calcinate, province of Bergamo, region of Lombardy, Italy.
History[]
The church was designed by Filippo Juvarra and with a convex marble facade by Anton Maria Pirovano. The skyline of the facade and bell-tower is populated by an ebullient crowd of statues.[1]
Among the artworks in the church is a Madonna of the Assumption by Francesco Coghetti; and a dome fresco depicting Madonna giving the Scapular of Simon Stock to Pope Honorius III and a Crucifixion with Saints Valentine and Boniface both by Francesco Capella. The elaborate side altar (1762) was completed by , with stucco work by the brothers Muzio and Eugenio Camuzio.[2]
References[]
- ^ Lombardy Beni Culturali website, entry on church.
- ^ Bassa Bergamasca Orientale, tourism site.
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