San Lorenzo is a neoclassical-style,

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

parish church located in the town of

Ghisalba Ghisalba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southeast of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2010, it had a population of 5,967 and an area of .All demog ...

, province of Bergamo, region of

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, Italy.

History

The church at the site appears to have been erected on the remains of a temple of Jove. The present church was designed in the 19th century by

Luigi Cagnola Marchese Luigi Cagnola (9 June 1762 – 14 August 1833) was a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical Italian architect. Biography Early years and education Cagnola was born in Milan. He was sent at the age of fourteen to the Clementine Colleg ...

; construction was initiated in 1821 and consecrated in 1834. The Pantheon-like structure is preceded by a pronaos with 14

corinthian columns The Corinthian order (, ''Korinthiakós rythmós''; ) is the last developed and most ornate of the three principal classical orders of Ancient Greek architecture and Roman architecture. The other two are the Doric order, which was the earliest, ...

. The columns were restored in 1975. The interior is lit by windows in the cupola. The main altar was also designed by Cagnola in 1831–1834 with polychrome marbles. The cupola was frescoed (1828–30) by Francesco Tencalla, and restored in 1975 by Angelo Pasinetti. The altarpieces in the three altars derive from the prior pieve, and were painted by

Giovanni Paolo Cavagna Giovanni Paolo Cavagna (c. 1550 – May 20, 1627) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo and Brescia. Biography He was born in Borgo di San Leonardo in Bergamo. He is said to have trained in Venice with ...

.Informazione ed Accoglienza Turistica del territorio di Bassa Bergamasca Orientale
Tourism website sponsored by province of Bergamo.

References

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