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Church of Sant'AgostinoThe actual church dates back to the 16th century, but it was built on a pre-existent building consecrated to the apostles Giacomo and Filippo, in 850 a.d.  Church of Sant'Agostino Almost certainly the pre-existent church was property of some monastic order, maybe of the Benedettian one; then came the Agostiniani who, in the half of the 16th century, re-consecrated it to Sant'Agostino and to San Giovanni Battista. The construction of the actual church began in 1551 and preceded until the end of the century. Carlo Ceppi intervened in a radical way in the first years of the 20th century, editing the presbytery and the choir, in order to place in that area the vast altar in an eclectic style surmounted by an elliptical vault frescoed by Stura. The plan of the church is basilical with one nave and two side aisles, lacking in the transept, and with two square apses. The bell tower, in a square plan, made of fired bricks, of elegant shapes, dates back to the 15th century. The façade, with vast portal preceded by a flight of steps and rhythmically stressed by Corinthian bulkheads, clearly depicts the late Renaissance. Information: |