San Nicolò is a

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church located in the town of

Montecastrilli Montecastrilli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italian region of Umbria, located about 50 km south of Perugia and about 15 km northwest of Terni Terni ( ; ; ) is a city in the southern portion of the reg ...

, in the

province of Terni The province of Terni () is the smaller of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy, comprising one-third of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Terni. The province came into being in 1927, when it was ca ...

, region of

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, Italy.

History

A church was present at the site since the 10th or 11th century. The present church with a Latin cross layout houses a ''Last Supper'' (1602) by

Archita Ricci Archita Ricci (Urbino, 1560–1635) was an Italian painter active in Umbria, including Perugia, during 1599–1622. Biography The church of Sant'Ansano of Spoleto has a main altarpiece depicting the ''Martyrdom of Saint Ansanus'' by Ricci. The p ...

da Urbino. Thirteen panels in the chapel of the Holiest Rosary are attributed to Andrea Polinori; two are nineteenth century works. The chapel houses a ''Madonna of the Rosary'' (1606) also by Ricci. An altarpiece depicting ''Saints Anthony and Lucy'' (1629) in the chapel dedicated to the saints, was painted by Bartolomeo Poliziano. The left transept houses a painting of the ''Madonna of the "Refugium Peccatorum"'' (late 1500s) transferred here from the suppressed parish church of Castelfranco. The baptismal font is dated 1578. Proloco of the Montecastrilli
Beni culturali.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolò Montecastrilli Churches in the province of Terni 11th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy