Santa Maria del Campo is a

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church located about 2 kilometers west of Mortara,

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

This Church stands at the end of a little square of the cluster of buildings on the road to

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. A church at the site has been documented since 1145: traces of it remain. The facade shows has a layout of Lombard Romanesque churches. The frescoed internal niches serve as chapels. One 15th-century fresco depicts the ''Madonna of the Rosary with Saints Roch and Dominic''. Many of the works are attributed to

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(il Cerano) or a follower, including a damaged ''Pietà'', the main altar's ''Glory of Angels-Musicians'', and two Chapel statues, representing Saints Dominic and John the Baptist, attributed to Cerano.Comune of Mortara
tourist itinerary.

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