Sant'Erasmo is a

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church located in

Bassiano Bassiano (locally ''Vassiano'') is a municipality (Italian: ''comune'') in the Province of Latina in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome and about northeast of Latina, Lazio, Latina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a populat ...

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, region of

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, central Italy.

History

The church was built from the ruins of a 14th-century church destroyed by lightning. In 1530 it was fully rebuilt, and in the 19th-century underwent refurbishment which modified the church with

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. The façade has a bas-relief of ''Christ blessing''. The Church is divided into three naves with a semicircular nave. The wooden choir was sculpted in 1852 by Frattini. Above the choir are three canvases: the central one (1599) was painted by Francesco da Castello Flander. Off the left nave, a small chapel has a Romanesque baptismal font from the 12th century.Comune of Bassiano
entry on church.

References

Erasmo 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Churches in the province of Latina {{Lazio-RC-church-stub