San Nicolò is a Neoclassical-style,

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

church located in the town of

Isola Dovarese Isola Dovarese ( Cremunés: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about east of Cremona Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern ...

in the province of Cremona, region of

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, Italy.

History

A church raised on land protected from floods of the

Oglio river The Oglio (; or ; , ) is a left-side tributary of the river Po in Lombardy, Italy. It is long. In the hierarchy of the Po's tributaries, with its of length, it occupies the 2nd place per length (after the river Adda), while it is the 4th pe ...

, called ''Santa Maria in Insula'' (St Mary on the Island), was present by the 15th century, and the present layout is due to the 18th-century refurbishment. The church underwent further reconstruction in 1846. The church entrance is through a side door, once the main thoroughfare in town. The interior has notable artworks. In the altar belonging to the Gonzaga family is an ''Ecce Homo'' (1575) painted by

Bernardino Campi Bernadino Campi (1522–1591) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cremona, who worked in Reggio Emilia. He is known as one of the teachers of Sofonisba Anguissola and of Giovanni Battista Trotti (il Malosso). In Cremona, his extended family o ...

. An ''Annunciation'', colloquially referred to as the ''Madonna del Gatto'', was painted by

Altobello Melone Altobello Melone ( 1490–1491 – before 3 May 1543) was an Italian Painting, painter of the Renaissance. Biography Melone was born in Cremona. His work merges Lombard and Mannerism, Mannerist styles. In Cremona, he encountered the elder Gi ...

. A wooden statue of the Virgin is attributed to the sculptor Bertesi. The Organ is from the studio of Montesanti. A canvas in the apse depicting the ''Madonna in Glory between St Dominic and Pius V'' was painted by Camillo Procaccino; this painting was relocated here from a closed oratory.Proloco Isola Dovarese
entry on church.

References

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