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Chiesa di Sant'Orsola e Compagne, Ville d'Anaunia

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Chiesa di Sant'Orsola e Compagne

The new church was built beside the old one, which was partly demolished.

Chiesa di Sant'Orsola e Compagne
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The date of foundation of the first place of worship at Tuenno is uncertain, but it falls around the fourteenth century, and the first mention may be found in a will of 1349. The high altar was consecrated to Mary in 1518 by the suffragan bishop Michele Iorba; the baptismal font arrived in 1571 and in 1580 the church was raised to the dignity of curated primissaria.

In the first half of the seventeenth century the nave was lengthened and the hall received a wooden pulpit by the craftsman Simone Lenner, and the side chapels to the north and south almost certainly date from then as well. These were followed by the restoration of the sacristy and of the roof between 1777 and 1783, the elevation to curacy in 1790 and, in the nineteenth century, a new bay, the choir loft and the rebuilding of the bell tower, which had become unsafe.

At the beginning of the twentieth century a general renovation was needed, and the solution was radical. Emilio Paor's project did not enlarge the historic church: it built a new structure beside it, alongside, and the original church was partly demolished on its north side. On 20 January 1920 it was raised to the dignity of a parish church, and the solemn consecration of the renewed church took place on 3 May 1925.

First mention
possibly 1349
Parish church
20 January 1920
Consecrated
3 May 1925
Dedicated to
Sant'Orsola

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