San Domenico

15016 Cassine (AL)
frazione Caranzano
Tel. +39 (0144) 714746
http://www.diocesiacqui.piemonte.it

The parish Church of San Domenico is part of a group of buildings developed around the center starting from 1703, thanks to the work of the locals, particularly Giovanni Antonio Faccio and Giuseppe Gianzonio (or Gianzone).
The facade features a small portico, added at a later stage, which leads to the entrance; the interior is formed by a single nave in a rectangular shape punctuated by a series of three pilasters per side which give way to as many cross vaults. At the bottom, at a slightly higher level than the nave, is the presbytery with the altar described as follows in 1753: "the altar is built in the Roman style, in the middle is a niche of coloured stucco which acts as Icon, inside which is a beautiful alabaster statue of the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus in her arms also of alabaster".
Today the statue is preserved on the left side. At the end of the building there is the polygonal-shaped apse. Outside, on the right side, half way up the church is the bell tower in exposed bricks.

Taken from:
Cassine: Terra di storia - Storia di Terra
by S. Arditi and G. Corrado
Website of the Municipality of Cassine