Santa Croce is a

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style,

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church located on Via Fratelli Cervi in the town of

Boretto Boretto ( Reggiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northwest of Reggio Emilia.. Boretto borders the following municipalities: B ...

in the region of

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, Italy.

History

The present church was erected at the site of an older

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church that had an adjacent monastery. In 1716, after many previous tries, the community of ''Villa Arzenago'' (former name of Boretto) obtained permission from Rinaldo III of Modena to erect a church dedicated to the adoration of the

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. It is said the church has relics of the true cross. The vertical sweep of the facade is striking and the interior has a restrained late-baroque decoration.Boretto tourism office

References

Churches in the province of Reggio Emilia Baroque architecture in Emilia-Romagna 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Roman Catholic churches completed in 1716 {{Italy-church-stub