San Maria in Gariverto is a Neoclassic style, Roman Catholic parish church, located on Via Genocchi #33, in Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
History
editA church at this site has existed since at 927, when reports indicate it was founded by Gariverto, son of the nobleman Garibaldo da Gossolengo. For years it was a subsidiary to the cathedral. The present church is the redult of a major reconstruction circa 1785 with the sober classic façade added in 1930s by Pietro Berzolla. Between 1975 and 1985, the presbytery was refurbished. The church had a number of sculptures added by Paolo Perotti, and a statue of St Camillo de Lellis by Ada Tassi. Among the paintings in the church is a canvas depicting St Ildefonso (1652) by Francesco Ferrante and a Madonna del Bossi painted by Carlo Carasi.[1] Scarabelli recalls that the second altar on the right has a fresco by Giovanni Manfredini.[2]
References
edit- ^ Visit Piacenza entry on church.
- ^ Guida ai monumenti storici ed artistici della città di Piacenza, by Luciano Scarabelli, (1841); Tipografia di C. Wilmant e figli, Lodi; pages 174-175.