Churches and sanctuaries · San Michele all'Adige · Piana Rotaliana
Chiesa di Sant'Agata
A wooden altarpiece kept the fresco in the presbytery hidden.

In 1145 the church of Sant'Agata is mentioned because it was bound, for the payment of its tithe, to the church of San Michele Arcangelo in nearby San Michele all'Adige. In the fourteenth century the original building was enlarged and consecrated by 1370, and towards the end of the following century a cemetery is recorded beside the church. From 1496 the church was rebuilt entirely in the Gothic style.
The porch on the front elevation dates from the sixteenth century, and between 1540 and 1560 the interior was decorated with frescoes depicting the Passion of Christ. The church was granted curacy status in 1637, and in the eighteenth century a master of the Trentino school enriched it with further frescoes.
Since the 1970s it has undergone conservation restoration, and in the early stages of that work the fresco in the presbytery came back to light, which a wooden altarpiece had kept hidden: here it was not limewash that had covered it, but a piece of furnishing. The façade is unusual, because the bell tower takes up almost half of its surface.
- First mention
- 1145
- Rebuilt in Gothic style
- from 1496
- Frescoes of the Passion
- 1540-1560
- Dedicated to
- Sant'Agata
- Protection
- Italian cultural heritage
Trails that pass through here
- E414Route E414E8.8 kmabout 150 m away
From the register of alpine trails of the Autonomous Province of Trento. © SAT.