Churches and sanctuaries · Cles · Val di Non
Chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo
The frescoes were already finished in 1399, sixty-eight years before the first mention.


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2390 metres from here
The original church was almost certainly built by the fourteenth century or shortly before, and by the end of 1399 the frescoes of the nave and the apse had already been painted; in the fifteenth century the outer walls were frescoed as well. Curiously, the first documentary mention comes long after its paintings: it dates from 1467, in a deed relating to the investiture of the Prince-Bishop of Trento Giovanni Hinderbach.
In 1649 Carlo Emanuele Madruzzo ordered its reconstruction, which was carried out in a short time and gave the church the appearance it has today; the bell tower was also built on that occasion. The sacristy was added in the eighteenth century, and a century later a restoration intended to preserve the structures almost certainly damaged the frescoes.
In the twentieth century further restorations began: the roof repaired in several stages, the masonry reinforced to support the embankment, the recovery of the frescoed areas by working on the plasters, the cleaning of the marble and the drainage of water.
- Frescoes
- by 1399
- First mention
- 1467
- Rebuilt
- from 1649
- Dedicated to
- Paul of Tarsus, Peter
- Protection
- Italian cultural heritage site