San Giuseppe is a
Baroque
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-style,
Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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church, or oratory, located on Via San Giuseppe corner with Via Matteotti in the town of
Cameri
Cameri is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Novara.
Cameri borders the following municipalities: Bellinzago Novarese, Caltignaga, Castan ...
, province of Novara,
Piedmont
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, Italy.
History
The church was erected between 1757 and 1762 at the site of the former
lazaretto
A lazaretto or lazaret (from it, lazzaretto a diminutive form of the Italian word for beggar cf. lazzaro) is a quarantine station for maritime travellers. Lazarets can be ships permanently at anchor, isolated islands, or mainland buildings ...
(leprosarium) of the town. Tradition was that the town in unison paid and worked on the construction of the church, passing by hand the bricks in a long file.
The interior has frescoes (1763-1764) completed by
Lorenzo Peracino “il vecchio”. The façade has a fresco depicting ''St Joseph and the Child Christ with an angel''. In 1905, the church was classified a National Monument.
Comune of Cameri
Tourism Guide, entry on church.
References
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Churches in the province of Novara
18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1762
Baroque architecture in Piedmont