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Chiesa di San Rocco, Commezzadura

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Churches and sanctuaries · Commezzadura · Val di Sole

Chiesa di San Rocco

Born of a popular vow against the plague, it burned down twice in six years.

Chiesa di San Rocco
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Footage by MB Drone

From above

2108 metres from here

The church of Almazzago was built between 1510 and 1513 to fulfil a popular vow against the plague. It is the same 1510 as the plague after which, in Caldes, Bernardino Malanotti had his own church of San Rocco rebuilt: in these valleys the churches dedicated to that saint almost always have an epidemic behind them.

In the nineteenth century fire struck it twice within a short time: a fire in 1837 and another, more serious one, in 1843. Both were followed by restoration work.

Built
1510-1513
Reason
popular vow against the plague
Fires
1837 and 1843
Dedicated to
Saint Roch

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