Sant'Antonio Abate (Astano)

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Sant'Antonio Abate
South view of the chapel

South view of the chapel

Data
place Astano
Construction year Late Middle Ages
Coordinates 706 699  /  96634 coordinates: 46 ° 0 '46.2 "  N , 8 ° 48' 58.5"  O ; CH1903:  706 699  /  96634
Interior of the chapel
Wall painting of the titular saint by Pietro Lozzio
Surroundings of the chapel from the southwest

The Chapel of Sant'Antonio Abate is a former monastery church and today's Roman Catholic chapel in Astano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . It is consecrated to Saint Anthony the Great . The medieval building forms the original, historical center of Astano, is therefore part of a place worthy of protection of national importance and is a listed building .

history

The sacred building served as a monastery church for the Humiliate monastery , which had existed in Astano since the 13th century and was abandoned in the second half of the 15th century . Today's chapel is of late medieval origin and is the oldest preserved sacred building in the community. In the years 1879–1888, the building was also used as a kindergarten . From 1989 onwards, extensive restoration work was carried out under the architect Alberto Finzi, which was completed with the reopening of the chapel on June 2, 1991.

Building description

The chapel is a rectangular building with an open wooden roof. In the choir there is a wall painting by Pietro Lozzio from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, showing the saint of the title . Another painting from the 18th century shows the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth and poor souls .

literature

  • Teodoro Amadò: Astano. Gli edifici sacri. In: Almanacco Malcantonese e Valle del Vedeggio. Edizioni Bernasconi, Agno 2002, pp. 68-76.
  • Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): Art guide through Switzerland. Volume 2: Glarus, Graubünden, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schwyz, Ticino, Uri. Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 2005, ISBN 3-906131-96-3 , p. 805.
  • Celestino Trezzini: Astano. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 1, A - Basel. Neuchâtel 1921, p. 460.

Web links

Commons : Sant'Antonio Abate  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Office of Culture , Section Heritage Protection and Preservation of Monuments: Federal inventory of Swiss sites of national importance that are worthy of protection ISOS. Astano. Zurich 2006, p. 9. (PDF, 6.2 MB)
  2. ↑ Inventory of the cultural assets protected under the Cultural Property Protection Act of May 13, 1997 on the website of the Canton of Ticino. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Society for Swiss Art History (ed.): Art Guide Through Switzerland, Volume 2, Glarus, Graubünden, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schwyz, Ticino, Uri . Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 2005, ISBN 3-906131-96-3 , p. 805.
  4. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Astano. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 1, A - Basel. Neuchâtel 1921, p. 460.
  5. ↑ Santino Trezzini: Cronistoria di Astano. Consiglio Parrocchiale di Astano, Astano 2010, pp. 60-61.
  6. ^ Teodoro Amadò: Astano. Gli edifici sacri. In: Almanacco Malcantonese e Valle del Vedeggio. Edizioni Bernasconi, Agno 2002, p. 68.
  7. ↑ Information sign at the entrance to the chapel.