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Catholic parish church in Piacenza, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Rocco Church (Italian: Chiesa di San Rocco) is a Roman Catholic church, located at the corner of Vie Roma and Legnano, two blocks northeast of the Duomo, in central Piacenza, Italy.
San Rocco | |
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Chiesa di San Rocco | |
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45.051301°N 9.698614°E | |
Location | Piacenza |
Country | Italy |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Founded | 16th Century |
Dedication | Saint Roch |
Architecture | |
Architectural type | Baroque |
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It is dedicated to Saint Roch, patron of those afflicted by the Plague.[1] It was constructed in the 16th century.[2]
Commissioned by the Confraternity of San Rocco, while externally plain, the interior of the church was decorated in a rich late-Baroque or Rococo style. The church houses a canvas of Madonna and Saints by Giuseppe Nuvolone, a canvas of the Life of San Rocco by Giuseppe Gorla (1722) and a Glory of San Rocco by Paolo Bozzini.
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