Church of Santa Maria Assunta - Vigonovo, hamlet of Fontanafredda (PN) - Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Tuttitaly
- Jul 19, 2023
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An imposing Neoclassical building with a "bare" façade of exposed river stones, erected on the site of an ancient fortified area established following the devastating Turkish invasions of the 15th century. It houses a monumental Tamburini organ, inaugurated and played in 1903 by the then-Patriarch of Venice—and future Pope Pius X... #tuttitaly
Church of Santa Maria Assunta - Vigonovo, hamlet of Fontanafredda (PN) - Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Vigonovo is the main fraction of Fontanafredda, an Italian municipality in Friuli Venezia Giulia, which until the end of the 18th century, was divided into three separate units. The municipal seat of Fontanafredda is located in Vigonovo, thus making it a scattered municipality.
We came across Vigonovo by chance, and the ancient parish church of Santa Maria, built in stone in the 19th century, attracted our attention.
The church houses paintings by A. Vicentino (1596), S. Fracchia, and G. De Lorenzi.
One of the most important religious buildings in the area was built on the Roman site. This is the Church of the Beata Vergine del Rosario, inside which there is a Baroque wooden high altar and a stout by an anonymous "tajapiera" from Meduno.
In the hamlet of Nave, on the other hand, we find the small church of S. Antonio, which in the past was a destination for pilgrimages to ask for "the miracle of rain." Most likely, the church was built on an ancient pagan place of worship of the water deities.
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Church of Santa Maria Assunta - Vigonovo, hamlet of Fontanafredda (PN) - Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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