Santa Maria Assunta (Gandino)
The Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta is a church in the central square of the Italian municipality of Gandino in the province of Bergamo , Lombardy . The Church of the Diocese of Bergamo is under invocation of Assumption of Mary the Mother of God ordained. In 1911 Pope Pius XI. her to the rank of a minor basilica . The baroque church shows stylistic elements from the Veneto region , the Central European region with the onion dome of the bell tower and Lombardy.
history
The earliest mention of a previous church comes from 1181. This was replaced in 1421 by a first phase of the current church, which was extended in 1469 with a second nave to the south. At the beginning of the 17th century, the church received another aisle on the north side and was extended under the direction of Paolo Micheli from Gandini. Work began in 1623 and, after slowing down due to the plague wave of 1630, was completed with the construction of the large dome by Giovan Maria Bettera in 1640. The basilica was consecrated on September 13, 1654 by the Gandino-born Bishop of Parma, Carlo Nembrini, Santa Maria Assunta.
description
The facade, made of local stone with a warm intensity, encompasses the naves of the different centuries. It is divided into three bodies by pilasters. In front of the entrance there is a portal by the Venetians Domenico Rossi and Antonio Cavalleri with decorative figures. The statues of zoomorphic figures were made by Paolo Callolo and Paolo Groppelli in Rovinj -Stein. The 74 meter high bell tower is the highest bell tower in the Serio Valley and ends with an onion dome of Central European origin; its 13 meter high copper helmet was created by the Bolzano artist Francesco Shgraffer and the Trentino Paolo Sterzl. The bell tower rings out 10 bells from the years 1706 to 1822.
The interior has three naves and there are numerous significant works of art. The frescoes on the flat octagonal dome are by Giovanni Battista Lambranzi and show Christ and Saints Peter, James the Elder and Bartolomeus at the four cardinal points . The barrel vaults of the choir were frescoed by Ottaviano Viviani. On the altars of the patron saint and St. Peter is the cycle of paintings by Giacomo Ceruti , while on the sides the paintings by Simone Cantarini (Coronation of the Virgin), Domenico Carpinoni, Vincenzo Dandini and Bernardo Luca Sanz can be seen, other paintings are by Gian Giacomo Barbello and Gian Cristoforo Storer.
Other important parts of the church furnishings are the confessionals by Giovan Battista Caniana with the caryatids by Andrea Fantoni. The basilica houses an imposing Baroque organ built in 1858 by Adeodato Bossi Urbani. The sculptures are by Carra, Marengo and Schmeidel.
museum
Adjacent to the basilica is a museum, in which numerous works of art and sacred objects are collected. It was inaugurated in 1929, renovated and expanded in 1963. The first area shows sacred art with robes, tapestries by the Belgian artist Frans Guebels and many paintings, including by Antonio Balestra and Sebastiano Ricci . The other two areas show a nativity scene collection with around 280 copies and the history of Gandino's textile industry .
literature
- Gandino. La storia . AA.VV. Gandino, 2012.
- Gandino e la sua valle . AA.VV. Gandino, 1993.
Web links
- Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Basilica di S. Maria Assunta on gcatholic.org
- ^ I Monumenti
Coordinates: 45 ° 48 ′ 39.3 " N , 9 ° 54 ′ 11.6" E