Descrizione
The church of Santi Sisinio Martirio e Alessandro is located in Dro, exactly in Piazza della Repubblica. The foundation of the church, according to data collected from the facade is datable to the twelfth century. The church of Santi Sisinio Martirio e Alessandro is mentioned for the first time in the testament of a certain Ottone, cleric of Santa Maria Assunta di Arco, from 1286.
In 1464 the community of Dro commissioned the reconstruction of the apse. The documents of the works of 1464 testify that at that time the church was dedicated to the Madonna, San Sisinio and Santa Susanna. The new title of Saints Sisinio, Martirio and Alessandro is documented for the first time in the acts of the pastoral visit of 20 March 1537. In 1765 the mayor of Dro Angelo Angeli had a new chapel of unknown titration built. Chapel to be built in front of the already existing one dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary and on the model of the same.
Between 1769 and 1774 the top of the bell tower was restored. In 1774 the side chapel was erected, initially dedicated to the Holy Guardian Angels and then to Saint Michael the Archangel. In 1793 the church was repainted and the stucco decorations repaired. With the start of the works the church of San Sisinio, Martirio and Alessandro was demolished up to the presbytery. The task was assigned in 1874 to the impresario Angelo Angeli di Dro, who was responsible for the construction of the new facade. Jointly the level of the square in front of the church was lowered.
Interior Church of Saints Sisinio Martyrdom and Alexander
The church of Santi Sisinio Martirio e Alessandro is what remains of the ancient parish church of Dro dedicated to Saints Sisinio, Martirio and Alessandro dating back to the 12th century. Building rebuilt between the fifteenth and sixteenth century. In 1874, when the construction of the new parish dedicated to the Immaculate Conception (1858-1876) was well advanced, to give more space to the new factory, it was decided to demolish until the presbytery the old church of the Holy Martyrs.
The church has a rectangular plan with a longitudinal major axis, communicating on the left with an environment used as a chapel, with a short rectangular presbytery and polygonal apse. The nave is covered by a cross vault, while the presbytery by an umbrella vault and the chapel by clawed vaults. The ancient bell tower with a square plan, with a bell cell illuminated by four mullioned windows, surmounted by an octagonal lantern and an onion-shaped roof, leans against the southern side of the church and is still in use.
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