San Michele Arcangelo is a

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church located in the center of the town of

Bolognola Bolognola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about southwest of Macerata. Bolognola borders the following municipalities: Fiastra, Montefortino, Sarnano, ...

, province of Macerata, region of

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, Italy.

History

The church and its tall bell tower were rebuilt in a

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

-style after avalanches in 1930 and 1934 destroyed the prior church. The church contains a

polyptych A polyptych ( ; Greek: ''poly-'' "many" and ''ptychē'' "fold") is a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels. Specifically, a "diptych" is a two-part work of art; a "triptych" is a three-part work; a tetrapty ...

by Giulio Vergari of

Amandola Amandola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona, about northwest of Ascoli Piceno and about west of Fermo. The town was founded in 1248 by the union of the castles of ...

and a fresco detached from the razed church of Santa Maria a Piè del Sasso depicting the ''Crucifixion''.Province of Macerata
tourism entry on church.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Michele Arcangelo Bolognola 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Gothic Revival church buildings in Italy