Santa Maria Assunta is a

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collegiate church located in the Piazza Alta of the town of

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

, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy.

History

The brick church was erected in the 13th century; the bell-tower, rising near the apse, dates from the 14th century. The façade has two mullioned windows and a sculpted stone portal, with a bas-relief in the lunette depicting the ''Assumption of the Madonna''. The interior houses painting depicting a ''Madonna and Child with Saints'' by Antonio and Giangentile di Lorenzo, a 15th-century ''Madonna and Child with Angels'' by Lorenzo D’Alessandro (father of Antonio and Giangentile), and a ''Holy Trinity'' (1530) painted by Paolo Bontulli from Percanestro di Serravalle. It also houses a wooden processional standard depicting the ''Annunciation'' and ''Crucifixion'' by

Giovanni Angelo d'Antonio Giovanni Angelo d'Antonio (15th century) was an Italian Renaissance painter belonging to the Camerino school that also included Giovanni Boccati and Girolamo di Giovanni. Biography D'Antonio was born in a peasant community in the mountain villag ...

and a ''Madonna della Misericordia'' (1494) by Pietro Alemanno, as well as panels from a polyptych depicting Saints by

Niccolò Alunno Niccolò di Liberatore, known as L'Alunno (also Niccolò di Liberatore and Niccolò da Foligno; the name is sometimes spelled Nicolò) (1430–1502) was an Italian painter of the Umbrian school. Life and career He was born at Foligno, the son ...

and 15th-century wooden statues for a ''presepio'' or nativity scene by unknown Tyrolese artisans. The crypt also has frescoed dated 1494 by

Pietro Alemanno Pietro Alemanno ( 1430 – 1497 or 1498) was an Italian-Austrian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Göttweig (Austria) and died in Ascoli Piceno. He trained with Carlo Crivelli. In 1484, Alemanno painted a fresco of the ''Annun ...

.Tourism office of Macerata
entry on the church.

References

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Roman Catholic churches in the Marche