Sanctuary of the Madonna of Monticino, Brisighella
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The Sanctuary of the Madonna of Monticino, in Italian, Santuario della Madonna del Monticino is a Neoclassical-style, Roman Catholic, sanctuary church located on Via Rontana on a hill-top to the northwest of the center of the town of Brisighella, province of Ravenna, Italy.
Description
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A church at the site was built to shelter a revered icon of the Madonna and child, that had been previously placed in 1626 in a pillar outside of Porta Bonfante, along a pilgrimage road. The town council in 1662 decided to move the venerated image to a small oratory, atop Monte Cozzolo, also called Monte Calvario, and now called Monticino. In 1758, the oratory was replaced by the present church.[1] In the apse are frescoes by the nineteenth century painter Savino Lega. The icon is now sheltered in a small round frame behind the altar. The church remained unfinished for decades, until in 1926 under the patronage of cardinal Michele Lega, the present facade was added using a design by the architect Edoardo Collamarini. Since 1662, in honor of the Madonna del Monticino, the town holds a fair (sagra).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Storia di Brisighella e della Valle de Amone, part II, Volume III. by Antonio Metelli, Tipografia di Pietro Conti, Faenza; pages 193, 298.
- ^ Unione Romagna Faentina, entry on church.