San Basilio Vescovo is a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

parish church located on Via Trieste in the town of

Grontardo Grontardo ( Cremunés: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northeast of Cremona. The town has a parish church dedicated to San Basilio. Gront ...

in the province of Cremona, region of

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

, Italy.La patria; geografia dell' Italia: Provincie di Verona, Vicenza, e Padova
by Gustavo Chiesi, Luigi Borsari, Giuseppe Isidoro Arneudo, (1903), main editor: Gustavo Straforello, page 92.

History

The whole church, except the choir, was rebuilt in a Neoclassical-style in 1840. It houses an altarpiece by one of the painters of the family of

Sigismondo Benini Sigismondo Benini (18th century) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Lombardy, painting landscapes or vedute. He was born in Cremona, and trained with Angelo Massarotti Angelo Massarotti (1653–1723) was an Italian painter of ...

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