Descrizione
The Santa Maria Assunta church, also known as pieve dell’Assunta, it is the parish church of Riva del Garda. It dates back to the 17th century. It is located in Piazza Cavour.
History
The church stands on the square which was originally a decentralized chapel, outside the city walls. It is assumed that the pive was initially a small early Christian building. The first writings of the parish are found in a document dated 19 June 1106. In 1469 they collected the sum necessary for the construction of the bell tower. In 1482 they opened the cemetery behind the church.
Between 1692 and 1696 the initial chapel was enlarged based on a design by Andrea Alessandrini. The work is carried out by the master builder Antonio Bianchi. In 1714 the parish church was renovated. In 1727 the parish church was demolished to allow the new church to be built in its place.
From 1728 to 1742 the parish church was rebuilt based on a design by Cipriano Tacchi. In 1747 it was consecrated and the complete works ended in 1750. In 1875 the apse was the subject of a restoration, carried out thanks to the interest of the then parish priest Giuseppe Ciolli. The church was damaged by the earthquake that hit southern Trentino in 1976 and was closed for worship until 1979.
Interior and exterior of the church of Santa Maria Assunta
The interior has a single nave and has 9 baroque altars. The main altar is made of marble. His altarpiece depicting the Assumption is from the first half of the 19th century. Altarpiece attributed to the Rivan painter Giuseppe Craffonara.
The decoration of the entire building is rich in polychrome stuccos. Important paintings enrich the side walls, by Gambettino Cignaroli (1744, Madonna of the Rosary), Giovanni Battista Buratto (The martyrdom of Saint John of Nepomuk)
The bell tower of the church is located on the opposite side of Piazza Cavour. The San Michele gate-tower has been adapted into a bell tower.
The façade has two orders, divided by one string course frame, and with gable. At the base of the first order there is a marble covering of increasing height. This covering runs across the surface from north to south, adapting to the slope of the square. This is interrupted by the login portal. Four pilasters with Corinthian capitals decorate the front part and, laterally, two other pilasters follow the body of the building moved backwards. In the second order the facade shows four other frontal pilasters but the lateral ones are absent. A curvilinear gable completes the facade of the building.
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