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Chiesa di Sant'Antonio, Sanzeno

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Churches and sanctuaries · Sanzeno · Val di Non

Chiesa di Sant'Antonio

The cemetery, too close by, filled it with damp, and it was the cemetery that was moved.

Chiesa di Sant'Antonio
Syrio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Footage by MB Drone

From above

2118 metres from here

The original building probably dates from the 14th century, and the cycle of frescoes it preserves inside belongs to the same period; the first mention of the church is from 1376. In 1537 the pastoral visit of Bernardo Clesio recorded it with a wooden ceiling, which a fire damaged a little later: the destroyed part was rebuilt by 1579, as the episcopal records attest. At the beginning of the 18th century the structure was made sturdier with new buttressed walls.

By 1895 the deterioration was no longer acceptable, and the cause lay outside: the cemetery, too close and in a higher position, let damp seep into the walls. The solution was to move the cemetery area and then restore walls and window and door frames.

The 1922 work, on the other hand, was strongly criticised: to enlarge the hall and lengthen the nave the original façade was demolished, and with it the frescoed parts that adorned it were lost. Before the Second World War the balustrades of the presbytery were removed because they were unstable, and Carlo Bonacina frescoed the apse semi-dome. The church was raised to parish status on the last day of 1943.

First mention
1376
Cemetery moved
1895
Parish church
31 December 1943
Dedicated to
Antonio abate
Protection
Italian cultural heritage

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