Santa Maria Maggiore is a Roman Catholic church in

Racconigi Racconigi ( pms, Racunis) is a town and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy. It is located in the province of Cuneo, south of Turin, and north of Cuneo by rail. History The town was founded in medieval times. It was a possession of the marquisses of ...

, Province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont, Italy.

History

In 1725–27, a church at the site was rebuilt by the parish, utilizing designs by

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with possible contribution of

Bernardo Antonio Vittone Parish Church of Grignasco Bernardo Antonio Vittone (19 August 1704 – 19 October 1770) was an Italian architect and writer. He was one of the three most important Baroque architects active in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy; the other tw ...

to the decoration. The brick facade is notable for an oval fresco over the portal depicting the ''Madonna of the Assumption''. The interior ceiling was frescoed by

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; there are eight lateral chapels. The fourth on the right has an Altarpiece depicting ''Souls in Purgatory'' by Vittorio Blanchery, a pupil of Beaumont. The main altar is built of polychrome marble and the apse contains wooden choir stalls. The main altarpiece is an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' (1762) by

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.Comune of Racconigi
upload on ''Racconigi: Le Chiese, Le Confraternite, la devozione'', (March 2013).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maria Maggiore Racconigi Roman Catholic churches in Racconigi 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Roman Catholic churches completed in 1727 Bernardo Antonio Vittone buildings