San Martino, Castione Andevenno
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San Martino is a Neoclassical-style,
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church located on in the town of
Castione Andevenno Castione Andevenno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about west of Sondrio. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,545 and an area of .All dem ...
in the province of Sondrio, region of
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, Italy.


History

The present church was erected at the site of a prior church. In the Sacristy is a small obelisk with an iron cross dating reconstruction to 1717. The architect was Gaspare Aprile. The interior has a main altar designed by Bernardo Bianchi and Alessandro Casella. Among the interior altarpieces are works by
Antonio Caimi Antonio Giacomo Caimi (16 April 1811, Sondrio – 5 January 1878, Milan) was an Italian portrait painter, author, and professor at the Brera Academy. Biography He trained initially at the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo under Giuseppe Diotti, then ...
and Cesare Ligari. Attached to the church is the oratory of the Blessed Virgin, and an 18th-century Ossuary.Tourism Consortium for the Mandamento di Sondrio
entry on church.


References

Churches in the province of Sondrio 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Neoclassical architecture in Lombardy Roman Catholic churches completed in 1717 Neoclassical church buildings in Italy {{Lombardy-RC-church-stub