San Michele Arcangelo is a
renaissance
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-style,
Roman Catholic
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*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
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parish church located in the town of
Antegnate
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, province of Bergamo, region of
Lombardy, Italy.
History
The church is named for Saint
Michael
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Given name "Michael"
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the archangel.
According to documents, a church at the site was present by the 10th century. Rebuilt in the 15th century with a bell-tower dating to between the 13th and 14th centuries. The interior contains frescoes from the 15th and 16th centuries and three paintings depicting the ''Virgin with Saints''. Another canvas is attributed to
Girolamo Romanino
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Biography
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. Behind the main altar is an 18th-century chapel-sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin, accessed through a stairway. The chapel is richly decorated and frescoed with stories from the ''Life of the Virgin.
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Renaissance architecture in Lombardy
Churches in the province of Bergamo
15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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