San Michele Arcangelo or St Michael Archangel is a

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Trecasali Trecasali is a frazione of Sissa Trecasali and former ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northwest of Parma. The town houses the 18th-century chur ...

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, Italy. A church at the site is documented since the 13th, century, however, the present structure was built 1740–1766. The interior has frescoes by Paolo Ferrari depicting: ''St Michael defeats the Demons'', the ''Story of Moses'', the ''Story of St Michael'', ''The Four Evangelists'', and ''St Peter in Glory'' within stucco decoration by Fortunato Rusca. The main altarpiece depicts ''St Michael defeating the Devil'' (1768), by

Gaetano Callani Gaetano Callani (16 January 1736 – 6 November 1809) was an Italian painter and sculptor, active mainly in his native Parma in a Neoclassical style. Biography Born at Parma, he was a pupil of Giambettino Cignaroli .Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...

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museum. The frame of the altarpiece was created by Ignazio Marchetti.Comune of Trecasali
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