Santa Maria Assunta is

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parish church located in the town of

Pievepelago Pievepelago ( Frignanese: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna in the heart of the northern Apennine Mountains. Situated on the ''Scoltenna river'', in a mountain valley, it is a t ...

in the region of

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, Italy.

Plebana di Santa Maria Assunta di Pievepelago

History

A parish church at the site is documented since 1038, but little remains of that building. Construction of the present parish began 1868 designed by Cesare Costa, and was consecrated in 1874. The church houses a ''Glory of Santa Filomena'' by

Adeodato Malatesta Adeodato Malatesta (May 6, 1806 – December 24, 1891) was an Italian painter, trained in a grand Neoclassical style, depicting mostly of sacred and historic subjects. Biography He was born in Modena. His father was a captain in the Granducal ar ...

. The counter facade has paintings depicting ''St Francis and the Immaculate Conception'' (1918) by Gaetano Bellei. The left transept has a reliquary urn for St Theodore in Neocalssic style by Gaetano Boccini. The main chapel has an altarpiece depicting the ''Virgin in Glory'' by the painter Carlo Rizzi. The church also houses a ''St Luigi Gonzaga'' (1853) by Luigi Asioli. Beside the church is the Oratory of San Luigi, built in 1754, and the ''Oratory of the Bianchi'', built under the patronage of the empress of Austria in the late 1700s.Tourism Portal, Modena

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