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Sacred Sites

San Sebastiano Curone

Sacred Sites

Oratorio dei Rossi o della Trinità

The Church of the Holy Trinity, also called “Oratorio dei Rossi” was built somewhere around the first half of the 18th century. Nothing precise is known; this information comes from an old “Book of Blessings” which sa...

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Casale Monferrato

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Oratorio del Gesù

TEMPORARILY NOT VISITABLE Externally nondescript, this church saves its especially interesting features for visitors who enter the church. This 16th century rectangular building was built by the Compagnia degli Angeli c...

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Ovada

Sacred Sites

Oratorio della S.S. Annunziata

The Oratory named "Annunziata", rectangular with a single nave, was built in the 15th century, just outside the town walls of Ovada. Over the years, the building has undergone numerous renovations and modifications. T...

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Valenza

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Oratorio di San Bartolomeo

La chiesa di Santa Caterina, oggi oratorio di San Bartolomeo, è il più antico edificio di Valenza eretto entro i confini di quella che era la città medioevale. La chiesa, a pianta ottagonale, fu costruita su commissione d...

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Tortona

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Oratorio di San Carlo

The church, commonly known as "Oratorio di San Carlo", is actually entitled to Saints Sebastian and Charles and rises in one of the oldest streets of the city, where the current Via Carlo Varese crosses Via Padre Michele...

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Ovada

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Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista

There is no certain news regarding the constitution of the Confraternity of Saint John the Baptist, even if we can safely say that it was founded in the late 15th century. Named after the Baptist, like many others in...

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Casalnoceto

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Oratorio di San Rocco

The San Rocco Oratory is the most significant monument present in Casalnoceto. It has recently undergone careful restoration work by the Confraternity of SS Trinity who is also its owner. The building, created from the so...

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Tortona

Sacred Sites

Oratorio di San Rocco

St. Roch’s Oratory was built by the "Confraternity of Mercy" which is mentioned for the first time in a document of 1534. The task of this Confraternity was to assist prisoners and those sentenced to death: the brothers h...

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Novi Ligure

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Oratorio di Santa Maria Maddalena

The Oratorio della Maddalena is considered a major cultural symbol of popular religion and local traditions, kept alive by the Brotherhood of S. Maria Maddalena e del SS. Crocifisso. The single chamber building has a...

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Voltaggio

Sacred Sites

Oratorio Nostra Signora del Gonfalone

The current Oratory of Gonfalone dates back to the first half of the 17th century and has a plain façade punctuated by pilasters and decorated with frescoes from the second half of that century, the most notable of wh...

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Fubine Monferrato

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Parrocchia di Santa Maria Assunta

Built between 1490 and 1512, the Church of Santa Maria Assunta retains the late-Gothic tripartite façade of the original structure, topped with small arches and with a rose window surrounded by a frame with eight concentr...

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Alessandria

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Parrocchia di Santa Maria di Castello

The church stands on the site of the old castle in the Rovereto district, the primitive nucleus of the town. Built in its present shape between 1476 and 1545, it is a good example of late Lombard Gothic architecture. The...

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