San Pietro, or ''St Peter'', is the Neoclassical-style, main

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church or duomo of the town of

Schio Schio is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza (region of Veneto, northern Italy) situated north of Vicenza and east of the Lake Garda. It is surrounded by the Little Dolomites (Italian Prealps) and Mount Pasubio. History Its name comes fr ...

, region of Veneto, Italy.

History and description

A chapel at the site was present since medieval times, becoming a church by the 12th-century dependent on the church of Pievebelvicino (

Torrebelvicino Torrebelvicino is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. SP46 goes through the town, which is included in the Val Leogra, a valley in the Vicentine Prealps The Alpine foothills, or Prealps (german: Voralpen; french: Préalpes; it, Pre ...

), which was the mother church of the Val Leogra. With the rising importance of Schio, this became the home of the archpriest for the region and principal church. The nave was built between 1740 and 1754 by Giovanni Battista Miazzi, with refurbishment of the choir in 1780 by Domenico Cerato. A new church facade was erected between 1805 and 1820, using designs of Antonio Diedo, carried out by Carlo Barrera. The scenographic staircases leading to the raised balcony-platform in front of the facade were erected in 1837 by Tommaso Meduna. The facade has a sober

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and flanked by symmetric bell-towers, inspired by the

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designs of a chapel (Tempietto Barbaro) at

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in Maser. The adjacent canon's house or manse, with a clock on the facade, and the lateral aisles of the church were added between 1877 and 1879 by Alessandro Rossi. Inside the altars date to the 18th-century. The interior decoration is by various artists, including Valentino Zajec (bas-reliefs in nave, and statues of the evangelists and apostles); Giovanni Busato (monochrome frescoes in apse and the altarpiece depicting ''Saints Carlo and Luigi''; Valentino Pupin (ceiling fresco and the altarpiece depicting ''St Joseph''; Romano and Guido Cremasco; Tito Chini (apse and window spandrel decorations), and Alfredo Ortelli (''Jesus the teacher''). The sacristy has canvases by

Alessandro Maganza Adorazione della Vergine con gli Angeli (1581) Alessandro Maganza (1556–1630) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style, born and active in Vicenza, as well as in Venice. He likely trained with his father, Giovanni Battista Maganza, also ...

and Tomaso Pasquotti. The church has two organs, one by Mascioni del 1942 and an 18th-century organ from Puglia.Comune of Schio
entry on church.

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